5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

OCCAM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

Alternative form of Ockham.

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 OCCAM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OCCAM 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 328 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,537 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___M O in the 1st position and M in the 5th position O__A_ O in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

SLIER TARSE TRONE TRICE TALER CRANE
Words starting with O Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
328 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OCCAM 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,537 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OCCAM ranks #12,537 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
671
4 guesses
1,304
5 guesses
305
6 guesses
25
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
13%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

636
441
342
117
97
88
82
81
64
64
50
26
19
18
17
13
13
12
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11
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OCCAM:

27% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
19% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
15% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
SLIER 6.09 bits
18.7% →
TARSE 5.55 bits
14.5% →
TRONE 5.28 bits
5.0% →
TRICE 5.29 bits
4.1% →
TALER 4.75 bits
3.7% →
CRANE 4.70 bits
3.5% →
SEITY 4.95 bits
3.4% →
TALER 4.38 bits
2.7% →
RAILE 4.57 bits
2.7% →
TRONE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1C3C3A1M3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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