5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OXTER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒkstə(ɹ)/

Noun

The armpit.

Verb

To hug with the arms, or support by taking the arm of.

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 OXTER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OXTER 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,301 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OXTER 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,301 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OXTER ranks #10,301 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
729
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
21
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)
84%
Green tile
22%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

382
271
190
158
139
137
114
94
86
85
70
68
65
39
37
34
34
33
33
27
23
22
19
13
13
12
12
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OXTER:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
COLON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
SLAIN 5.92 bits
11.5% →
SLANE 5.43 bits
8.1% →
COLON 5.08 bits
6.7% →
CAIRN 4.83 bits
5.9% →
SAINT 5.51 bits
5.8% →
CEASE 4.62 bits
4.8% →
SHALT 5.12 bits
4.0% →
ACORN 4.47 bits
3.6% →
SADLY 3.50 bits
3.6% →
SAUNT 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1X8T1E1R1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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