5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OPTER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who opts, or makes a choice.

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 OPTER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OPTER 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,806 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___R O in the 1st position and R in the 5th position O__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _P__R P in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN SLANE COLON CAIRN SAINT CEASE
Words starting with O Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OPTER 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
#1,806 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OPTER ranks #1,806 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
932
4 guesses
1,140
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
12
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:
EORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
23%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

308
235
172
130
126
114
101
84
74
73
66
59
59
55
37
32
30
30
29
27
26
24
24
21
21
21
17
16
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OPTER:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
COLON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
SLAIN 5.92 bits
10.0% →
SLANE 5.34 bits
7.3% →
COLON 5.06 bits
5.5% →
CAIRN 4.82 bits
5.3% →
SAINT 5.52 bits
4.8% →
CEASE 4.60 bits
4.3% →
SHALT 5.14 bits
3.6% →
ACORN 4.57 bits
3.1% →
SAUNT 4.51 bits
3.1% →
SADLY 3.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1P3T1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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