5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

OILER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɔɪlɚ//ˈɔɪlə/

Noun

One who or that which oils.

Noun

An oil tanker.

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 OILER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OILER 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 91.9% of games, misses completely in 8.1%, and leaves about 86 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,430 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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 _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SCANT TEASE SAUNT SMART CEASE COAST
Words starting with O Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.41 Entropy (bits)
86 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OILER 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,430 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OILER ranks #2,430 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
24
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
3 vowels
Common:
EILOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
28%
All gray
8%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

190
177
150
125
125
105
101
101
98
65
64
64
62
59
53
52
45
41
32
32
29
26
24
24
23
21
20
19
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OILER:

8% chance
Suggested:
SCANT
8% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
6% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.1% →
SCANT 5.51 bits
7.5% →
TEASE 5.50 bits
6.4% →
SAUNT 5.02 bits
5.3% →
SMART 5.00 bits
5.3% →
CEASE 4.77 bits
4.5% →
COAST 4.41 bits
4.3% →
SCALP 4.74 bits
4.3% →
PLATE 4.73 bits
4.2% →
SAINT 5.37 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1I1L1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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