5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ONGON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 73.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 ONGON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ONGON 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 51.6% of games, misses completely in 48.4%, and leaves about 623 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,026 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___N O in the 1st position and N in the 5th position O__O_ O in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _N__N N in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE CRATE TIARE RAILE CRUET IRATE
Words starting with O Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.07 Entropy (bits)
623 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
73.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ONGON 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,026 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ONGON ranks #14,026 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
599
4 guesses
1,305
5 guesses
384
6 guesses
28
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
52%
Green tile
17%
All gray
48%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1142
315
176
103
62
59
56
55
53
41
36
34
26
24
24
18
17
11
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5
5
5
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4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ONGON:

48% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

48.4% →
SLATE 6.27 bits
13.4% →
CRATE 5.37 bits
7.5% →
TIARE 5.12 bits
4.4% →
RAILE 5.30 bits
2.6% →
CRUET 4.31 bits
2.5% →
IRATE 4.74 bits
2.4% →
RAISE 4.60 bits
2.3% →
TUILE 4.28 bits
2.2% →
MARLE 4.32 bits
1.7% →
TALER 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1N1G2O1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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