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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

OFFAL

Yes, OFFAL was the Wordle answer on August 27, 2021 (Wordle #69).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒfəl//ˈɔfəl//ˈɑfəl/

Noun

The internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.

Noun

A by-product of the grain milling process, which may include bran, husks, etc.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 27, 2021 (#69).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How OFFAL performs as a guess

OFFAL 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 75.5% of games, misses completely in 24.5%, and leaves about 306 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,480 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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.

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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

Try next

SIREN TARSE TRONE SLICE STALE ACTOR
Words starting with O Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
306 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OFFAL 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,480 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OFFAL ranks #13,480 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
623
4 guesses
1,332
5 guesses
339
6 guesses
22
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
14%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S A L O N
A L O U D
O F F A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches OFFAL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

578
423
361
170
139
87
76
69
51
47
31
30
27
26
25
24
23
22
19
14
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11
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6
6
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OFFAL:

25% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
15% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.5% →
SIREN 6.07 bits
17.9% →
TARSE 5.56 bits
15.3% →
TRONE 5.34 bits
7.2% →
SLICE 5.05 bits
5.9% →
STALE 4.82 bits
3.7% →
ACTOR 4.42 bits
3.2% →
COOEY 4.14 bits
2.9% →
SETER 4.42 bits
2.2% →
GRISE 4.69 bits
2.0% →
SETER 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1F4F4A1L1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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