5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OPALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of opal

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 OPALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OPALS 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,424 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__L_ O in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _P__S P in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE RONTE TRICE DRICE RENAL BARON
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OPALS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,424 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OPALS ranks #2,424 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

368
235
215
152
113
105
89
86
75
74
62
61
61
55
42
37
31
29
26
23
23
23
22
21
20
19
17
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OPALS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
TRINE 6.11 bits
10.0% →
RONTE 5.42 bits
9.1% →
TRINE 5.35 bits
6.4% →
TRINE 5.53 bits
4.8% →
TRICE 4.90 bits
4.5% →
DRICE 5.01 bits
3.8% →
RENAL 4.61 bits
3.6% →
RONTE 4.70 bits
3.2% →
BARON 4.74 bits
3.1% →
PRICE 5.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1P3A1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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