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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

OTHER

Yes, OTHER was the Wordle answer on February 21, 2022 (Wordle #247).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʌðə//ʊðə//ˈʌðəɹ/

Adjective

See other (determiner) below.

“Pick up the phone and find out who's on the other end.”

Adjective

Second.

“I get paid every other week.”

Noun

An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.

“I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.”

Noun

The other one; the second of two.

“One boat is not better than the other.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 21, 2022 (#247).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How OTHER performs as a guess

OTHER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,916 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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 _T__R T in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OTHER 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
0.70 Volatility
#4,916 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OTHER ranks #4,916 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
21%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
O T H E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches OTHER in 2 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

307
226
165
129
126
106
97
86
83
77
65
62
61
52
48
46
37
32
31
29
29
28
26
25
25
23
22
22
20
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OTHER:

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.

13.0% →
SLAIN 5.89 bits
9.6% →
SLANE 5.39 bits
7.0% →
COLON 5.02 bits
5.5% →
CEASE 4.54 bits
5.3% →
CAIRN 4.75 bits
4.5% →
TAINT 5.27 bits
4.1% →
SLATE 4.90 bits
3.6% →
ADORN 4.38 bits
3.5% →
RAINY 3.32 bits
3.3% →
SAUCY 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1T1H4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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