5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ONERS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of oner

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 ONERS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ONERS 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 89.8% of games, misses completely in 10.2%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,376 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__R_ O in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

PLAIT DEALT PATEE LOATH SHALT GIANT
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ONERS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,376 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ONERS ranks #3,376 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
212
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:
ENORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
19%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

241
216
188
145
138
111
108
93
83
62
59
57
55
46
43
41
38
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33
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24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ONERS:

10% chance
Suggested:
PLAIT
9% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
8% chance
Suggested:
PATEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.2% →
PLAIT 5.60 bits
9.2% →
DEALT 5.57 bits
8.0% →
PATEE 4.74 bits
6.1% →
LOATH 4.83 bits
5.9% →
SHALT 5.35 bits
4.7% →
GIANT 4.97 bits
4.6% →
TRIAL 5.11 bits
3.9% →
CAROM 4.38 bits
3.5% →
PLATE 4.95 bits
2.6% →
GENIE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1N1E1R1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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