5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OKAPI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpi//oʊˈkɑpi//əʊˈkɑːpi/

Noun

A ruminant (Okapia johnstoni) found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe but with a much shorter neck, a reddish-brown coat, and zebra-like stripes on the hindquarters.

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 OKAPI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OKAPI 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 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,134 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___I O in the 1st position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TERSE RONTE TRINE TALER STURE CAROL
Words starting with O Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OKAPI 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,134 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OKAPI ranks #11,134 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
735
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
20
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:
AIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
18%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

339
336
321
299
172
108
84
65
63
56
50
45
43
37
33
30
29
28
23
22
16
15
11
10
9
8
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OKAPI:

14% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
14% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
TERSE 5.97 bits
14.2% →
RONTE 5.29 bits
13.6% →
TRINE 5.35 bits
12.7% →
TALER 5.54 bits
7.3% →
STURE 5.04 bits
4.6% →
CAROL 4.62 bits
3.6% →
TALER 4.41 bits
2.8% →
SLEET 4.91 bits
2.7% →
TONER 4.32 bits
2.4% →
SILER 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1K5A1P3I1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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