5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OINTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of oint

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 OINTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OINTS 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 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #698 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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 _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SPALE CARET LADEN DROLE LEAST
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OINTS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#698 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OINTS ranks #698 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
1,019
4 guesses
1,110
5 guesses
150
6 guesses
13
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:
INOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
21%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
235
174
136
133
84
72
71
69
62
59
57
49
49
49
40
32
32
31
28
24
23
23
21
20
19
18
17
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OINTS:

18% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
SPALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
CARLE 6.21 bits
10.0% →
CARLE 5.35 bits
7.4% →
SPALE 5.59 bits
5.8% →
CARET 5.46 bits
5.6% →
CARLE 5.47 bits
3.6% →
LADEN 4.91 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 4.39 bits
3.0% →
LEAST 4.69 bits
2.9% →
PARLE 4.57 bits
2.6% →
PLORE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1I1N1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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