5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OLEYL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The radical of oleic acid, derived from the non-drying oils.

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 OLEYL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OLEYL 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 219 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,087 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___L O in the 1st position and L in the 5th position O__Y_ O in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _L__L L in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

STAIR TRAIN SONAR SAINT TORSE SHART
Words starting with O Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
219 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OLEYL 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,087 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OLEYL ranks #13,087 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
699
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
343
6 guesses
38
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
2 vowels
Common:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
23%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
379
284
176
132
111
88
79
60
52
49
45
41
40
38
33
31
24
21
18
16
15
14
13
13
13
13
12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OLEYL:

19% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
STAIR 5.52 bits
16.1% →
TRAIN 6.12 bits
12.0% →
SONAR 5.04 bits
7.5% →
SAINT 4.93 bits
5.6% →
TORSE 4.59 bits
4.7% →
SHART 5.12 bits
3.7% →
LIANE 4.47 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 4.52 bits
2.5% →
STORY 3.85 bits
2.2% →
PEART 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1L1E1Y4L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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