5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

OAFOS

OAFOS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

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 OAFOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OAFOS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,905 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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.

O___S O in the 1st position and S in the 5th position O__O_ O in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRICE LEARN RONTE SLIER TRINE THALE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OAFOS 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,905 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OAFOS ranks #12,905 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
677
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
318
6 guesses
31
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
3 vowels
Common:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
22%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

552
314
247
229
198
142
93
69
68
52
40
29
23
23
22
21
20
16
16
15
14
14
12
12
9
9
9
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OAFOS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
13% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.4% →
TRICE 6.03 bits
13.3% →
LEARN 5.45 bits
10.5% →
RONTE 5.14 bits
9.7% →
SLIER 5.26 bits
8.4% →
TRINE 4.65 bits
6.0% →
THALE 4.64 bits
3.9% →
STORE 4.54 bits
2.9% →
FLIER 5.06 bits
2.9% →
DROLE 4.17 bits
2.2% →
STILE 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1A1F4O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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