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ONSET

Yes, ONSET was the Wordle answer on August 30, 2022 (Wordle #437).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒnˌsɛt//ˈɔnˌsɛt//ˈɑnˌsɛt/

Noun

The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.

“the onset of schizophrenia”

Noun

The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.

Verb

To assault; to set upon.

Verb

To set about; to begin.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 30, 2022 (#437).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ONSET performs as a guess

ONSET is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,109 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___T O in the 1st position and T in the 5th position O__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _N__T N in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

LAIRY LEARE COLOR SCALP ARIEL RAINY
Words starting with O Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ONSET 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,109 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ONSET ranks #2,109 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
928
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
17
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:
ENOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
30%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S E T O N
O N S E T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ONSET in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

260
243
183
121
115
108
83
83
75
70
61
51
47
41
40
39
33
32
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28
26
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26
23
23
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22
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ONSET:

11% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY
10% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
8% chance
Suggested:
COLOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
LAIRY 5.66 bits
10.3% →
LEARE 5.46 bits
7.8% →
COLOR 5.05 bits
5.1% →
SCALP 5.19 bits
4.9% →
ARIEL 4.10 bits
4.6% →
RAINY 4.78 bits
3.5% →
BIRTH 4.70 bits
3.5% →
SPALE 4.62 bits
3.2% →
TARTE 4.71 bits
3.0% →
RAINY 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1N1S1E1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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