5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OCTYL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₈H₁₇, formally derived from octane by the loss of a hydrogen atom

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 OCTYL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OCTYL 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,031 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__Y_ O in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _C__L C in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE SANER SAINE DANSE CRANE ROOST
Words starting with O Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OCTYL 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,031 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OCTYL ranks #6,031 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
26
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
14%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

443
247
210
172
153
143
102
86
67
64
63
60
58
49
42
39
24
23
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20
19
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OCTYL:

19% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SANER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
RAISE 6.24 bits
10.5% →
RAISE 5.77 bits
8.9% →
SANER 5.26 bits
7.3% →
SAINE 5.35 bits
6.5% →
DANSE 4.91 bits
6.1% →
CRANE 5.52 bits
4.3% →
ROOST 4.83 bits
3.6% →
SPAER 4.67 bits
2.8% →
SALLE 4.48 bits
2.7% →
CHARE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1C3T1Y4L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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