5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OOIDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ooid

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 OOIDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OOIDS 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,021 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__D_ O in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE STALE PALET CARNE CRANE LEARE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OOIDS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,021 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OOIDS ranks #11,021 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
750
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
25
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:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
28%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

629
299
201
166
134
133
102
66
65
63
52
34
31
30
28
26
26
25
21
19
16
15
14
13
10
9
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OOIDS:

27% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
9% chance
Suggested:
PALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
CARLE 6.25 bits
12.7% →
STALE 5.65 bits
8.5% →
PALET 5.15 bits
7.0% →
CARNE 5.31 bits
5.7% →
CARLE 4.71 bits
5.6% →
CRANE 5.05 bits
4.3% →
LEARE 5.09 bits
2.8% →
CARET 4.25 bits
2.8% →
LEANT 4.00 bits
2.7% →
LATER 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1O1I1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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