5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

OCTAL

OCTAL is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒk.təl/

Noun

The number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

Noun

A digit or value in the octal number system.

Adjective

Concerning numbers expressed in octal or mathematical calculations performed using octal.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 OCTAL performs as a guess

OCTAL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,655 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___L O in the 1st position and L in the 5th position O__A_ O in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _C__L C in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN SNARE DRONE SHIER SIDEY RANSE
Words starting with O Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OCTAL 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,655 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OCTAL ranks #1,655 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
979
4 guesses
1,103
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
17
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:
ALOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
18%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B L O A T
O C T A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches OCTAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
229
209
164
126
107
100
94
93
62
61
52
51
39
39
37
33
27
25
24
23
22
20
19
18
17
16
16
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OCTAL:

14% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
10% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
9% chance
Suggested:
DRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
SIREN 6.08 bits
9.7% →
SNARE 5.28 bits
8.9% →
DRONE 5.30 bits
7.0% →
SHIER 5.69 bits
5.3% →
SIDEY 4.92 bits
4.5% →
RANSE 4.67 bits
4.2% →
SABLE 4.66 bits
4.0% →
ROOST 4.68 bits
3.9% →
PRICE 5.25 bits
2.6% →
CRANE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1C3T1A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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