5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ONDOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A Korean form of underfloor heating that uses direct heat transfer from wood smoke to the underside of a thick masonry floor.

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 ONDOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ONDOL 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 70.0% of games, misses completely in 30.0%, and leaves about 303 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,816 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___L O in the 1st position and L in the 5th position O__O_ O in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _N__L N in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SAICE TIARE CRUSE IRATE REAST
Words starting with O Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
303 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ONDOL 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,816 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ONDOL ranks #8,816 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
19%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

708
274
217
211
125
88
75
65
46
45
40
37
35
33
31
25
23
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ONDOL:

30% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.0% →
TARSE 6.53 bits
11.6% →
SAICE 5.43 bits
9.2% →
TIARE 5.49 bits
8.9% →
CRUSE 5.49 bits
5.3% →
IRATE 5.53 bits
3.7% →
REAST 4.77 bits
3.2% →
TRINE 4.67 bits
2.8% →
COATE 4.23 bits
2.0% →
SAICE 4.22 bits
1.9% →
STIRE 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1N1D2O1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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