5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

OPTIC

OPTIC is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒp.tɪk//ˈɑp.tɪk/

Adjective

Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.

Adjective

Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.

Noun

A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light.

Noun

A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar.

Alternative forms: optick, optique

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

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 OPTIC performs as a guess

OPTIC 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,754 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___C O in the 1st position and C in the 5th position O__I_ O in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

SERAL MARLE ANILE LEAST CARLE ROOST
Words starting with O Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OPTIC 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,754 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OPTIC ranks #4,754 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
194
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:
IOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
15%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P U N C H
O P T I C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches OPTIC in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
281
211
195
144
100
99
94
81
53
45
38
37
35
31
29
26
25
23
20
15
15
13
12
11
11
11
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OPTIC:

21% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
12% chance
Suggested:
MARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
ANILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
SERAL 6.11 bits
11.9% →
MARLE 5.20 bits
8.9% →
ANILE 5.28 bits
8.3% →
LEAST 5.64 bits
6.1% →
CARLE 5.58 bits
4.2% →
ROOST 4.66 bits
4.2% →
PARLE 5.48 bits
4.0% →
GRISE 4.66 bits
3.4% →
CARLE 4.85 bits
2.2% →
SLADE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1P3T1I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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