5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OWLER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈaʊlɚ//ˈaʊlə/

Noun

The alder tree.

Noun

A smuggler of sheep or wool.

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 OWLER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OWLER 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,654 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 _W__R W in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SAUNT TEASE SLATE COAST SATIN
Words starting with O Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OWLER 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,654 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OWLER ranks #5,654 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
886
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
18
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:
ELOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
24%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

317
243
181
176
168
154
119
100
80
64
57
49
38
38
35
33
30
29
22
21
20
17
17
16
16
15
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14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OWLER:

13% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SAINT 6.02 bits
10.3% →
SAINT 5.56 bits
7.7% →
SAUNT 5.22 bits
7.5% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
7.1% →
SAINT 5.16 bits
6.5% →
TEASE 4.72 bits
5.0% →
SLATE 4.81 bits
4.2% →
COAST 4.47 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 3.85 bits
2.7% →
COAST 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1W4L1E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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