5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

OMBUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ombu

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 OMBUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OMBUS 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 69.9% of games, misses completely in 30.1%, and leaves about 320 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,102 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__U_ O in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE STALE TALER CARLE TROPE RAILE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
320 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OMBUS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,102 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OMBUS ranks #10,102 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
10%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

710
300
295
159
110
100
85
76
61
43
36
29
29
24
24
23
21
15
14
12
11
11
9
8
8
8
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OMBUS:

30% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.1% →
TIARE 6.18 bits
12.7% →
STALE 5.64 bits
12.5% →
TALER 5.22 bits
6.7% →
CARLE 5.09 bits
4.7% →
TROPE 4.53 bits
4.2% →
RAILE 5.25 bits
3.6% →
LEARE 5.04 bits
3.2% →
SAUNT 4.39 bits
2.6% →
MORAE 4.57 bits
1.8% →
ROATE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1M3B3U1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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