5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ODUMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of odum

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 ODUMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ODUMS 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 72.5% of games, misses completely in 27.5%, and leaves about 280 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,658 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___S O in the 1st position and S in the 5th position O__M_ O in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _D__S D in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALER STALE DRIED ANILE TROPE RAILE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
280 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ODUMS 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
0.68 Volatility
#7,658 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ODUMS ranks #7,658 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
15
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:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
14%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

648
287
283
163
120
109
72
64
54
49
45
41
33
28
24
24
24
23
22
18
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ODUMS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TALER
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.5% →
TALER 6.13 bits
12.2% →
STALE 5.68 bits
12.0% →
TALER 5.27 bits
6.9% →
DRIED 5.54 bits
5.1% →
ANILE 4.96 bits
4.6% →
TROPE 4.55 bits
3.1% →
RAILE 5.12 bits
2.7% →
DEARY 4.36 bits
2.3% →
TRACE 4.79 bits
2.1% →
CANER 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1D2U1M3S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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