5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OLLIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒli/

Noun

An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.

Verb

To perform an ollie.

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 OLLIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OLLIE 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,730 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___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

SMART RESET THORN SHIRT REAST SAINT
Words starting with O Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OLLIE 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
0.73 Volatility
#9,730 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OLLIE ranks #9,730 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
277
6 guesses
27
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:
EILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
36%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
285
279
170
160
75
73
73
71
67
66
64
53
43
41
32
31
28
27
22
22
22
20
19
16
15
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OLLIE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SMART
12% chance
Suggested:
RESET
12% chance
Suggested:
THORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SMART 5.75 bits
12.1% →
RESET 5.47 bits
11.8% →
THORN 5.13 bits
7.2% →
SHIRT 5.17 bits
6.8% →
REAST 4.86 bits
3.2% →
SAINT 4.22 bits
3.1% →
DINER 4.65 bits
3.1% →
ROAST 4.06 bits
3.0% →
PEART 4.46 bits
2.8% →
CADET 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1L1L1I1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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