Harry Potter Wand Quiz

The wand chooses the witch or wizard. Nine questions pick your wood, your core, and how bendy and long it is.

9 questions · about 2 minutes

What the parts of a wand mean

Wood carries the personality: holly for hard quests, yew for iron will, willow for healers. Core sets how the wand behaves: phoenix feather is choosy, dragon heartstring is powerful and quick to bond, unicorn hair is loyal and steady. Flexibility hints at how adaptable the owner is, and length in the stories loosely tracks the scale of someone's personality rather than their height.

Famous wands

OwnerWoodCoreLength
Harry PotterHollyPhoenix feather11"
Hermione GrangerVineDragon heartstring10¾"
Ron Weasley (first own wand)WillowUnicorn hair14"
Lord VoldemortYewPhoenix feather13½"

Questions people ask

How does the wand quiz work?

Three questions choose your wood, three choose your core, and three set flexibility and length. Each answer counts as a vote; the most votes in each part wins.

What wand does Harry Potter have?

Holly, 11 inches, with a phoenix feather core. Its twin, with a feather from the same phoenix, belonged to Voldemort.

What are the three main wand cores?

In the stories, Ollivander uses unicorn hair, dragon heartstring and phoenix feather.

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