5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

OFTEN

Yes, OFTEN was the Wordle answer on February 26, 2024 (Wordle #982).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒfən//ˈɒftən//ˈɔːfən/

Adverb

Frequently; many times on different occasions.

“I often walk to work when the weather is nice.”

Adjective

Frequent.

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: February 26, 2024 (#982).

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

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How OFTEN performs as a guess

OFTEN 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,019 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___N O in the 1st position and N in the 5th position O__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

SCALY SEARE COLOR SHIRT PALER LAIRY
Words starting with O Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OFTEN 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,019 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OFTEN ranks #7,019 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
798
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
15
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:
ENOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
22%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S E T O N
O F T E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches OFTEN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

365
297
202
135
133
126
111
90
77
75
54
50
38
37
35
35
34
33
25
24
23
23
22
21
18
17
17
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OFTEN:

15% chance
Suggested:
SCALY
13% chance
Suggested:
SEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
COLOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
SCALY 5.69 bits
12.6% →
SEARE 5.45 bits
8.6% →
COLOR 5.07 bits
5.7% →
SHIRT 5.35 bits
5.6% →
SEARE 4.94 bits
5.3% →
PALER 4.36 bits
4.7% →
LAIRY 4.88 bits
3.8% →
SHART 4.60 bits
3.3% →
BROSE 4.32 bits
3.2% →
SAICE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1F4T1E1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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