5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OPENS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈoʊ.pənz//ˈəʊ.pənz/

Noun

plural of open

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of open

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 OPENS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OPENS 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 86.7% of games, misses completely in 13.3%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,506 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__N_ O in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _P__S P in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

REATE TRAIL MOLAR SHALT STAIR AINEE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OPENS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,506 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OPENS ranks #4,506 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
899
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
15
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:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
20%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

363
313
226
154
96
92
89
78
74
67
67
64
62
60
35
32
30
29
27
26
25
21
17
17
16
14
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OPENS:

15% chance
Suggested:
REATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
10% chance
Suggested:
MOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
REATE 5.60 bits
13.3% →
TRAIL 5.95 bits
9.6% →
MOLAR 5.13 bits
6.5% →
SHALT 5.34 bits
4.1% →
STAIR 4.72 bits
3.9% →
AINEE 4.64 bits
3.8% →
LOVER 4.14 bits
3.3% →
MANIC 4.73 bits
3.1% →
ERECT 4.56 bits
2.8% →
GIANT 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1P3E1N1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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