5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OTAKU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əʊˈtɑːkuː/[əʊ̯ˈtʰɑːkʰuː]/oʊˈtɑku/

Noun

One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally derogatory) an obsessive Japanese fan of anime or manga.

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 OTAKU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OTAKU 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,150 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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SILER DROLE RAILE SLIER SHIER CRISE
Words starting with O Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OTAKU 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,150 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OTAKU ranks #11,150 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
744
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
28
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
3 vowels
Common:
AOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
19%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

364
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164
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OTAKU:

15% chance
Suggested:
SILER
12% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
SILER 5.80 bits
12.0% →
DROLE 5.18 bits
11.7% →
RAILE 5.30 bits
8.0% →
SLIER 5.22 bits
7.0% →
SHIER 5.29 bits
6.7% →
CRISE 5.00 bits
4.7% →
LATTE 4.59 bits
3.8% →
MANOR 4.80 bits
3.7% →
SIREN 4.48 bits
2.8% →
BRISE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1T1A1K5U1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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