5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OCHER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈoʊkɚ//ˈəʊkə/

Noun

Alternative spelling of ochre.

Verb

Alternative spelling 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 OCHER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OCHER 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,160 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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 _C__R C in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SNAIL SLATE SLANT SAINT TIARE ADORN
Words starting with O Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OCHER 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,160 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OCHER ranks #5,160 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
220
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
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
20%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

353
288
194
150
135
95
90
81
77
75
61
50
49
43
39
33
32
32
32
31
30
29
24
21
21
20
18
16
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OCHER:

15% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SNAIL 5.95 bits
12.2% →
SLATE 5.65 bits
8.2% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
6.4% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
5.7% →
TIARE 4.62 bits
4.0% →
SAINT 3.76 bits
3.8% →
ADORN 4.25 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.75 bits
3.3% →
CABIN 4.83 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 5.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1C3H4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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