5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

HONOR

HONOR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.ə//ˈɑ.nɚ//ˈɔn.ə/

Noun

Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).

“The crowds gave the returning general much honor and praise.”

Noun

The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.

“He was a most perfect knight, for he had great honor and chivalry.”

Verb

To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of.

“The freedom fighters will be forever remembered and honored by the people.”

Verb

To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like).

“I trusted you, but you have not honored your promise.”

Alternative forms: honour

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How HONOR performs as a guess

HONOR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.2% of games, misses completely in 25.8%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,574 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

H___R H in the 1st position and R in the 5th position H__O_ H in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TRACE SALET SLICE SAULT STALE
Words starting with H Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HONOR performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,574 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HONOR ranks #7,574 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
838
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
22
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
30%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D U C H Y
H O N O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HONOR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

608
326
186
145
113
93
90
70
69
59
50
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HONOR:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

25.8% →
SLATE 6.40 bits
13.8% →
TRACE 5.60 bits
7.9% →
SALET 5.39 bits
6.1% →
SLICE 5.41 bits
4.8% →
SAULT 4.06 bits
3.9% →
STALE 4.61 bits
3.8% →
SLATE 5.03 bits
3.0% →
CADIE 4.52 bits
2.9% →
TRAPE 4.39 bits
2.5% →
DIANE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for HONOR; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

H4O1N1O1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.