5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ONLAY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To lay or place something on a surface.

Noun

A material placed such that it overlaps another.

Noun

A restoration that covers one or more cusps of a tooth.

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 ONLAY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ONLAY 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,835 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___Y O in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position O__A_ O in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__Y N in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRICE STARE CRUET SLIER SLATE SPIRE
Words starting with O Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ONLAY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,835 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ONLAY ranks #4,835 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
915
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
30%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

353
275
235
143
122
115
99
79
74
65
62
59
52
42
38
32
24
24
22
21
21
21
20
19
17
16
15
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ONLAY:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
TRICE 6.23 bits
11.7% →
STARE 5.54 bits
10.0% →
CRUET 5.41 bits
6.1% →
SLIER 5.03 bits
5.2% →
TRICE 5.33 bits
4.9% →
SLATE 4.67 bits
4.2% →
SPIRE 4.41 bits
3.3% →
TRIDE 4.70 bits
3.1% →
TRAIN 4.50 bits
2.8% →
CRUSE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1N1L1A1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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