5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ODIST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A writer of an ode or odes.

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 ODIST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ODIST 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #849 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___T O in the 1st position and T in the 5th position O__S_ O in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _D__T D in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE PARLE LINER TARTE DEARE CRANE
Words starting with O Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ODIST 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#849 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ODIST ranks #849 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
1,004
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
158
6 guesses
10
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:
IOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
28%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
251
139
128
119
108
93
71
71
71
68
57
57
50
44
36
34
30
29
28
27
26
26
22
22
17
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ODIST:

19% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
CARLE 6.29 bits
10.6% →
CARLE 5.42 bits
5.9% →
PARLE 5.40 bits
5.4% →
LINER 5.24 bits
5.0% →
TARTE 5.44 bits
4.6% →
DEARE 5.30 bits
3.9% →
CRANE 5.13 bits
3.0% →
CRANE 5.09 bits
3.0% →
SHALE 4.71 bits
3.0% →
DRONE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1D2I1S1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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