5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

OLDER

Yes, OLDER was the Wordle answer on September 11, 2023 (Wordle #814).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊldə//ˈoʊldɚ/

Adjective

comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior

“My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me.”

Adjective

elderly

“The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 11, 2023 (#814).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How OLDER performs as a guess

OLDER 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,340 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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 _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SAUNT TEASE SAULT COAST STALE
Words starting with O Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OLDER 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,340 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OLDER ranks #1,340 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
981
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
15
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:
ELOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
28%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
F R E E D
O D D E R
O L D E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches OLDER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

303
207
159
156
137
114
95
89
76
73
54
50
43
40
36
36
35
32
32
31
29
28
27
26
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16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OLDER:

13% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
7% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
SAINT 6.11 bits
8.8% →
SAINT 5.62 bits
6.7% →
SAUNT 5.13 bits
6.6% →
SAINT 5.30 bits
5.8% →
TEASE 4.80 bits
4.8% →
SAULT 5.06 bits
4.0% →
COAST 4.49 bits
3.8% →
STALE 4.75 bits
3.2% →
SAINT 3.82 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1L1D2E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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