5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OOBIT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A caterpillar.

Alternative forms: oubit, woobut, woubit

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 OOBIT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OOBIT 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 71.4% of games, misses completely in 28.6%, and leaves about 279 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,968 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___T O in the 1st position and T in the 5th position O__I_ O in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE RINSE TARTE CRANE SCALE SLADE
Words starting with O Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
279 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OOBIT 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
0.73 Volatility
#9,968 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OOBIT ranks #9,968 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
285
6 guesses
26
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:
IOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
30%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

674
276
188
170
144
108
83
76
75
47
43
34
28
25
25
24
23
22
21
21
16
16
13
12
11
11
10
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OOBIT:

29% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
12% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.6% →
CARLE 6.15 bits
11.7% →
RINSE 5.25 bits
8.0% →
TARTE 5.57 bits
7.2% →
CRANE 5.51 bits
6.1% →
CARLE 4.74 bits
4.6% →
SCALE 5.04 bits
3.5% →
SLADE 5.22 bits
3.2% →
SHITE 4.39 bits
3.2% →
CLADE 4.84 bits
2.0% →
SIREN 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1O1B3I1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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