5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OOYAH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

ouch; oof

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 OOYAH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OOYAH 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 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 262 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,022 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___H O in the 1st position and H in the 5th position O__A_ O in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLANE TRINE SIDLE CRUET TALER
Words starting with O Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
262 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OOYAH 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,022 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OOYAH ranks #13,022 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
714
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
353
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
25%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

561
432
173
158
116
109
96
84
76
59
54
42
38
30
27
24
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OOYAH:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
18% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
SLIER 6.05 bits
18.3% →
SLANE 5.39 bits
7.3% →
TRINE 5.23 bits
6.7% →
SIDLE 4.71 bits
4.9% →
CRUET 4.69 bits
4.6% →
TALER 4.64 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.13 bits
3.6% →
TRICE 5.51 bits
3.2% →
TALER 4.45 bits
2.5% →
BLITE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1O1Y4A1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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