5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ODEUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of odeon.

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 ODEUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ODEUM 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,186 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___M O in the 1st position and M in the 5th position O__U_ O in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _D__M D in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT REATE WORSE SLART DEARE DRAIN
Words starting with O Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ODEUM 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,186 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ODEUM ranks #9,186 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
762
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
249
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
3 vowels
Common:
EOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
15%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

415
415
273
157
125
118
84
74
67
59
56
51
40
31
30
28
23
21
20
19
19
18
15
13
13
11
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ODEUM:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
18% chance
Suggested:
REATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
SLANT 6.04 bits
17.6% →
REATE 5.60 bits
11.6% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
5.3% →
WORSE 4.45 bits
5.0% →
SLART 5.23 bits
3.6% →
DEARE 4.78 bits
3.1% →
DRAIN 5.00 bits
2.8% →
STAIR 4.57 bits
2.5% →
LAIRY 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1D2E1U1M3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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