5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OLEIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any naturally-occurring greasy or oily substance related to fat.

Noun

Any glyceride of oleic acid

Alternative forms: elain, elaine, oleine

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 OLEIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OLEIN 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 90.1% of games, misses completely in 9.9%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,450 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___N O in the 1st position and N in the 5th position O__I_ O in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SMART ROOST SHIRT TORSE REATE
Words starting with O Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OLEIN 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,450 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OLEIN ranks #2,450 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
22
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:
EILNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
27%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

270
233
200
116
104
103
92
89
81
77
59
51
51
48
46
44
39
38
30
28
28
25
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22
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OLEIN:

11% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SMART
8% chance
Suggested:
ROOST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.5% →
TARSE 5.55 bits
9.9% →
SMART 5.82 bits
8.5% →
ROOST 5.25 bits
4.9% →
SHIRT 5.27 bits
4.4% →
TORSE 4.62 bits
4.4% →
REATE 4.78 bits
3.9% →
TRIDE 4.61 bits
3.8% →
SHART 5.04 bits
3.4% →
SAULT 4.93 bits
3.3% →
SCANT 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1L1E1I1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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