5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OAKER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of ochre.

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

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 OAKER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OAKER 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 90.0% of games, misses completely in 10.0%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,358 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___R O in the 1st position and R in the 5th position O__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SPILT SEINE STONY DEALT SLANT NASTY
Words starting with O Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OAKER 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,358 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OAKER ranks #8,358 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
802
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
18
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
28%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

236
205
192
133
126
120
98
93
87
81
73
70
66
65
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48
43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OAKER:

10% chance
Suggested:
SPILT
9% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
8% chance
Suggested:
STONY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.0% →
SPILT 5.47 bits
8.7% →
SEINE 5.39 bits
8.1% →
STONY 4.71 bits
5.6% →
DEALT 4.95 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 5.29 bits
5.1% →
NASTY 4.17 bits
4.2% →
SPITE 4.54 bits
3.9% →
THORN 4.40 bits
3.7% →
TRULY 4.68 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1A1K5E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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