5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OFTER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

comparative form of oft: more oft; more often

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 OFTER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OFTER 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,025 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___R O in the 1st position and R in the 5th position O__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _F__R F in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN SLANE COLON CAIRN CEASE SAINT
Words starting with O Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OFTER 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,025 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OFTER ranks #5,025 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
21%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

343
249
177
147
126
126
111
87
81
73
70
70
59
42
39
35
30
30
29
29
25
23
22
22
16
16
15
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OFTER:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
COLON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
SLAIN 5.94 bits
10.6% →
SLANE 5.43 bits
7.5% →
COLON 5.09 bits
6.2% →
CAIRN 4.86 bits
5.3% →
CEASE 4.62 bits
5.3% →
SAINT 5.57 bits
4.7% →
SHALT 5.11 bits
3.7% →
ADORN 4.39 bits
3.4% →
SAUNT 4.46 bits
3.1% →
SADLY 3.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1F4T1E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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