5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ONDES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of onde

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 ONDES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ONDES 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,825 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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

TRAIL REATE COLOR SLART GIANT LATER
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ONDES 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,825 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ONDES ranks #3,825 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
176
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:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
22%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

307
277
205
184
125
123
120
71
68
65
59
58
49
40
37
36
35
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30
23
20
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ONDES:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
12% chance
Suggested:
REATE
9% chance
Suggested:
COLOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
TRAIL 5.82 bits
11.7% →
REATE 5.57 bits
8.7% →
COLOR 5.12 bits
7.8% →
SLART 5.30 bits
5.3% →
GIANT 5.12 bits
5.2% →
LATER 4.41 bits
5.1% →
SLART 5.09 bits
3.0% →
GROIN 4.32 bits
2.9% →
ROOST 4.48 bits
2.8% →
TIARE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1N1D2E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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