5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ONCER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwʌnsɚ/

Noun

A person who does something once.

Noun

A single sexual encounter between two individuals, a one-night stand.

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 ONCER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ONCER 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,637 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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 _N__R N in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE SALTY SLATY PEART SAINT
Words starting with O Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ONCER 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
#1,637 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ONCER ranks #1,637 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
958
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
164
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
2 vowels
Common:
ENOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
23%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

293
266
159
150
124
119
86
84
78
59
56
51
50
48
43
39
32
31
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22
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ONCER:

12% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SALTY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
SAULT 5.99 bits
11.3% →
SLATE 5.87 bits
6.7% →
SALTY 5.18 bits
6.4% →
SLATY 5.19 bits
5.3% →
PEART 4.73 bits
5.0% →
SAINT 5.21 bits
3.6% →
SAULT 3.79 bits
3.6% →
CLASH 4.89 bits
3.3% →
ABORT 4.22 bits
2.5% →
SAINT 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1N1C3E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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