5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OBITS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of obit

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 OBITS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OBITS 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,696 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__T_ O in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _B__S B in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE PARLE LINER CARET CRANE BLARE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OBITS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,696 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OBITS ranks #4,696 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
20%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

461
274
200
162
149
103
85
81
78
64
61
49
47
39
34
34
32
31
24
23
20
20
18
18
16
15
14
14
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OBITS:

20% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
CARLE 6.20 bits
11.6% →
CARLE 5.34 bits
8.5% →
PARLE 5.58 bits
6.9% →
LINER 5.23 bits
6.3% →
CARET 5.45 bits
4.4% →
CRANE 5.10 bits
3.6% →
BLARE 5.30 bits
3.4% →
LEAST 4.62 bits
3.3% →
PLORE 4.56 bits
2.7% →
LEANT 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1B3I1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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