5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

OATEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊtən/

Adjective

Of, pertaining to, or made of oats.

“an oaten cake”

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 OATEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OATEN 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 91.7% of games, misses completely in 8.3%, and leaves about 83 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,840 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___N O in the 1st position and N in the 5th position O__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLIMY REUSE COLOR PEARL CLASP SLIER
Words starting with O Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.49 Entropy (bits)
83 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OATEN 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,840 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OATEN ranks #1,840 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
94
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AENOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
32%
All gray
8%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

195
160
153
139
134
105
82
76
76
74
72
69
58
56
53
50
43
35
33
32
32
31
27
26
25
25
22
22
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OATEN:

8% chance
Suggested:
SLIMY
7% chance
Suggested:
REUSE
6% chance
Suggested:
COLOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.3% →
SLIMY 5.52 bits
6.8% →
REUSE 5.21 bits
6.5% →
COLOR 4.93 bits
5.9% →
PEARL 4.69 bits
5.7% →
CLASP 5.06 bits
4.5% →
SLIER 4.32 bits
3.5% →
SHIRT 5.19 bits
3.2% →
SADLY 4.00 bits
3.2% →
ROOST 4.66 bits
3.1% →
SCORE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1A1T1E1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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