5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OFLAG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒflɑːɡ/

Noun

A German prisoner-of-war camp for officers only.

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 OFLAG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OFLAG 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,807 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___G O in the 1st position and G in the 5th position O__A_ O in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

SIREN TARSE TRONE SLIER STANE ACTOR
Words starting with O Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OFLAG 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,807 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OFLAG ranks #8,807 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
803
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
234
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:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
15%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

488
363
315
156
126
77
70
67
63
62
57
40
39
35
27
24
24
23
23
20
18
17
16
15
13
13
11
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OFLAG:

21% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
SIREN 6.04 bits
15.4% →
TARSE 5.61 bits
13.4% →
TRONE 5.35 bits
6.6% →
SLIER 5.09 bits
5.3% →
STANE 4.74 bits
3.3% →
ACTOR 4.49 bits
3.0% →
SIREN 5.03 bits
2.8% →
SOWCE 4.33 bits
2.7% →
FINER 4.91 bits
2.6% →
SETER 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1F4L1A1G2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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