5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OCHRE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊkə//ˈoʊkɚ/

Noun

A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.

Noun

A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.

Adjective

Having a yellow-orange colour.

Adjective

Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.

Alternative forms: ocher

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 OCHRE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OCHRE 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 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,072 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E O in the 1st position and E in the 5th position O__R_ O in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _C__E C in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNAIL SLANT SAINT SAULT ARSON CABIN
Words starting with O Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OCHRE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,072 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OCHRE ranks #4,072 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
939
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
16
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
26%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

353
204
194
172
165
128
99
77
75
59
49
42
40
39
35
34
33
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OCHRE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
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
8.7% →
SLANT 5.48 bits
8.2% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
7.3% →
SAINT 4.33 bits
7.0% →
SAULT 5.31 bits
5.4% →
SAINT 5.28 bits
4.2% →
ARSON 4.19 bits
3.3% →
CABIN 4.83 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 5.02 bits
2.5% →
GRIPE 3.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1C3H4R1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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