5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OBIAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 OBIAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OBIAS 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 88.9% of games, misses completely in 11.1%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,116 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S O in the 1st position and S in the 5th position O__A_ O in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _B__S B in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARTE TRONE LEPER TILDE THALE SLEET
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OBIAS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,116 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OBIAS ranks #8,116 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
23
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:
AIOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
22%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

322
262
261
172
143
133
115
103
71
66
64
58
52
42
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29
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OBIAS:

14% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
LEPER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
CARTE 5.44 bits
11.1% →
TRONE 5.06 bits
11.1% →
LEPER 5.44 bits
7.3% →
TILDE 5.10 bits
6.1% →
THALE 4.90 bits
5.6% →
SLEET 5.05 bits
4.9% →
TRUCE 5.03 bits
4.4% →
PORTE 4.49 bits
3.0% →
ACTOR 4.13 bits
2.8% →
RENAL 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1B3I1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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