5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OBELI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒbɪlaɪ//ˈɑbəˌlaɪ/

Noun

plural of obelus

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 OBELI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OBELI 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,657 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___I O in the 1st position and I in the 5th position O__L_ O in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

SMART TARSE THORN SAINT TRINE RONTE
Words starting with O Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OBELI 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,657 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OBELI ranks #7,657 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
17
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:
EILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
16%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

288
287
235
206
146
126
106
100
86
73
64
60
43
40
40
32
29
29
27
25
25
23
20
20
14
14
14
13
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OBELI:

12% chance
Suggested:
SMART
12% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
THORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
SMART 5.76 bits
12.2% →
TARSE 5.60 bits
10.0% →
THORN 5.20 bits
8.7% →
SAINT 5.32 bits
6.2% →
TRINE 4.80 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.60 bits
4.5% →
SHART 5.15 bits
4.2% →
REATE 4.83 bits
3.6% →
SNARY 4.71 bits
3.1% →
SONAR 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1B3E1L1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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