5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OCTAD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒktæd//ˈɑkˌtæd/

Noun

A group of eight things.

Noun

hundred million = myriad myriad; 100,000,000 = 10⁸

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 OCTAD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OCTAD 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,442 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___D O in the 1st position and D in the 5th position O__A_ O in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _C__D C in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLANE ROOSE SHIER CRINE ROOST
Words starting with O Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OCTAD 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,442 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OCTAD ranks #3,442 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
14
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:
AOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
18%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

381
290
224
181
121
116
95
78
74
59
58
56
47
41
38
25
24
24
21
19
19
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19
17
16
16
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OCTAD:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROOSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
SLIER 6.10 bits
12.3% →
SLANE 5.49 bits
9.5% →
ROOSE 5.22 bits
7.7% →
SHIER 5.65 bits
5.1% →
SLANE 4.89 bits
4.9% →
CRINE 5.12 bits
4.0% →
ROOST 4.69 bits
3.3% →
CRANE 4.68 bits
3.1% →
DIRGE 4.97 bits
2.5% →
CRONE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1C3T1A1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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