5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ONTAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% 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 ONTAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ONTAL 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #724 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__A_ O in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__L N in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIRED SACRE ROOSE SHIER SLICE CRISE
Words starting with O Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ONTAL 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#724 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ONTAL ranks #724 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
1,013
4 guesses
1,079
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
14
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:
ALNOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
20%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

284
221
183
150
135
120
101
99
85
75
64
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ONTAL:

12% chance
Suggested:
SIRED
9% chance
Suggested:
SACRE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROOSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SIRED 5.90 bits
9.4% →
SACRE 5.38 bits
7.8% →
ROOSE 5.14 bits
6.4% →
SHIER 5.66 bits
5.7% →
SLICE 5.00 bits
5.1% →
CRISE 5.09 bits
4.3% →
SABLE 4.75 bits
4.2% →
CARSE 4.92 bits
3.6% →
ROOST 4.71 bits
3.2% →
SIRED 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1N1T1A1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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