5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ONCES

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of once

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 ONCES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ONCES 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 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 130 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,758 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DEALT TRAIL DROOL SHALT TALER SLART
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
130 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ONCES 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,758 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ONCES ranks #2,758 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
928
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
21%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

282
275
199
167
130
113
112
96
75
66
60
54
51
47
39
38
34
33
32
31
31
19
17
15
15
15
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ONCES:

12% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
12% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
DROOL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
DEALT 5.63 bits
11.7% →
TRAIL 5.94 bits
8.4% →
DROOL 5.13 bits
7.1% →
SHALT 5.34 bits
5.5% →
TALER 4.33 bits
4.8% →
SLART 5.07 bits
4.7% →
GIANT 5.17 bits
4.1% →
CHAIR 5.01 bits
3.2% →
GONAD 4.35 bits
2.8% →
REATE 5.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1N1C3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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