5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OFAYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ofay

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 OFAYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OFAYS 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,687 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___S O in the 1st position and S in the 5th position O__Y_ O in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position

Try next

TRINE LATER RONTE TRIPE TRICE TRIDE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OFAYS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#9,687 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OFAYS ranks #9,687 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
772
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
240
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:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
17%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

420
274
269
188
146
131
105
98
94
79
70
66
60
41
28
26
23
19
19
18
15
14
14
13
11
10
9
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OFAYS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
12% chance
Suggested:
LATER
11% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
TRINE 6.13 bits
11.6% →
LATER 5.51 bits
11.4% →
RONTE 5.35 bits
8.0% →
TRIPE 5.35 bits
6.2% →
TRICE 5.00 bits
5.6% →
TRIDE 4.53 bits
4.5% →
PORTE 4.47 bits
4.2% →
ACTOR 4.29 bits
4.0% →
THALE 4.09 bits
3.4% →
TARDY 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1F4A1Y4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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