5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OLEOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of oleo

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 OLEOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OLEOS 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,063 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__O_ O in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

REATE TRAIN STAIR COURT RAINY RONTE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OLEOS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,063 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OLEOS ranks #10,063 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
23%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

372
361
182
171
132
125
122
88
75
60
53
53
49
43
41
37
36
23
21
19
19
18
18
18
16
15
13
13
12
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OLEOS:

16% chance
Suggested:
REATE
15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
REATE 5.52 bits
15.3% →
TRAIN 5.96 bits
7.7% →
STAIR 5.26 bits
7.3% →
COURT 4.99 bits
5.6% →
REATE 4.80 bits
5.3% →
RAINY 4.85 bits
5.2% →
STAIR 4.79 bits
3.7% →
RONTE 4.29 bits
3.2% →
TRADE 4.61 bits
2.5% →
PLAIN 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1L1E1O1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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