5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OLDIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊldi//ˈoʊldi/

Noun

Something or someone old.

Noun

A song or record from a previous era.

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 OLDIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OLDIE 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 88.4% of games, misses completely in 11.6%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,560 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___E O in the 1st position and E in the 5th position O__I_ O in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SHART RESET ROOST SHIRT SERAL SURLY
Words starting with O Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OLDIE 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,560 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OLDIE ranks #2,560 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
926
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
178
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
3 vowels
Common:
EILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
35%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

274
230
229
151
136
88
83
64
64
57
55
54
50
48
46
44
43
36
35
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OLDIE:

12% chance
Suggested:
SHART
10% chance
Suggested:
RESET
10% chance
Suggested:
ROOST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.6% →
SHART 5.94 bits
9.8% →
RESET 5.48 bits
9.7% →
ROOST 5.34 bits
6.4% →
SHIRT 5.16 bits
5.8% →
SHART 5.06 bits
3.7% →
SERAL 4.42 bits
3.5% →
SURLY 4.69 bits
2.7% →
SAINT 4.31 bits
2.7% →
ROAST 4.08 bits
2.4% →
LOCAL 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1L1D2I1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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