5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OKAYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of okay

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of okay

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 OKAYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OKAYS 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,616 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___S O in the 1st position and S in the 5th position O__Y_ O in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _K__S K in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE LATER STIRE TRIDE TALON ROOST
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OKAYS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,616 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OKAYS ranks #10,616 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
761
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
19
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:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
17%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

446
278
275
175
136
135
100
99
84
79
68
66
39
35
30
28
23
20
19
18
16
16
15
14
13
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11
10
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OKAYS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
12% chance
Suggested:
LATER
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
TRINE 6.11 bits
11.8% →
LATER 5.54 bits
11.7% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
7.4% →
STIRE 5.41 bits
5.8% →
TRIDE 4.97 bits
5.7% →
TRIDE 4.62 bits
4.2% →
TALON 4.45 bits
4.2% →
ROOST 4.56 bits
3.6% →
STILE 4.36 bits
3.4% →
TARDY 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1K5A1Y4S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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