5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OLIOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of olio

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 OLIOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OLIOS 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,456 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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

TRACE STARE CRANE CADET LAPEL CRATE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OLIOS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,456 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OLIOS ranks #8,456 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ILOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

504
245
218
190
176
114
82
78
70
63
55
52
47
47
35
28
26
26
25
22
21
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15
12
11
11
10
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OLIOS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
10% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
TRACE 6.26 bits
10.4% →
STARE 5.66 bits
9.2% →
CRANE 5.39 bits
8.1% →
CADET 5.24 bits
7.5% →
LAPEL 5.12 bits
4.8% →
CRATE 5.10 bits
3.5% →
CRAPE 4.84 bits
3.3% →
STORE 4.64 bits
3.0% →
TILDE 4.41 bits
2.7% →
LOYAL 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1L1I1O1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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