5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

OLATE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 97.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To form an ol group or compound.

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 OLATE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OLATE 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 93.0% of games, misses completely in 7.0%, and leaves about 71 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #854 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___E O in the 1st position and E in the 5th position O__T_ O in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SPINY SIDER CRONY RAINY SIREN SETER
Words starting with O Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.67 Entropy (bits)
71 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
97.0% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OLATE 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#854 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OLATE ranks #854 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
980
4 guesses
1,111
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
16
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:
AELOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
93%
Green tile
38%
All gray
7%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

164
160
158
111
103
78
77
75
71
70
64
59
58
54
53
49
49
47
44
38
34
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30
30
25
24
23
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OLATE:

7% chance
Suggested:
SPINY
7% chance
Suggested:
SIDER
7% chance
Suggested:
CRONY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

7.0% →
SPINY 5.37 bits
6.8% →
SIDER 5.27 bits
6.7% →
CRONY 5.01 bits
4.7% →
RAINY 4.73 bits
4.4% →
SIREN 4.69 bits
3.3% →
SETER 4.83 bits
3.3% →
SHUNT 4.92 bits
3.2% →
SHANK 4.22 bits
3.0% →
COURT 4.28 bits
3.0% →
SMEAR 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1L1A1T1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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