5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

OLDEN

OLDEN is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊl.dn̩//ˈəʊl.dən//ˈoʊldn̩/

Adjective

From or relating to a previous era.

Adjective

Old; ancient.

Verb

To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.

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

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 OLDEN performs as a guess

OLDEN 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,909 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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 _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SHART STARE ROOST STALL SAINT STAIR
Words starting with O Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OLDEN 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,909 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OLDEN ranks #1,909 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
939
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
17
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:
ELNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
28%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D E M O N
O L D E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches OLDEN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

329
273
197
124
121
106
93
68
68
60
55
53
52
48
40
38
33
33
28
26
24
23
21
20
20
20
20
18
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OLDEN:

14% chance
Suggested:
SHART
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROOST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
SHART 6.10 bits
11.6% →
STARE 5.69 bits
8.4% →
ROOST 5.38 bits
5.3% →
STALL 5.03 bits
5.1% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
4.5% →
STAIR 4.51 bits
3.9% →
STALE 4.72 bits
2.9% →
SEINE 4.70 bits
2.9% →
STORE 4.44 bits
2.5% →
LOCAL 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1L1D2E1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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