Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

OPSIT

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

No dictionary definition for OPSIT is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use OPSIT in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How OPSIT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OPSIT 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 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #1,405 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe OPSIT used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.76 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How OPSIT 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#1,405 Rank among openers
Opening with OPSIT left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.61 average. It ranks #1,405 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
976
4 guesses
1,131
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
23%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

OPSIT can come back 106 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

460 answers
294 answers
197 answers
160 answers
117 answers
92 answers
71 answers
66 answers
65 answers
64 answers
62 answers
53 answers
48 answers
32 answers
32 answers
32 answers
31 answers
28 answers
27 answers
24 answers
21 answers
19 answers
18 answers
18 answers
17 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers
15 answers
15 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1P3S1I1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing OPSIT

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to OPSIT.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OPSIT:

19% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
ANILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
CARLE 6.18 bits
12.3% →
CARLE 5.34 bits
8.3% →
ANILE 5.28 bits
6.7% →
SHALE 5.46 bits
4.9% →
TARTE 5.47 bits
3.9% →
PARLE 5.34 bits
3.0% →
CANER 4.79 bits
2.8% →
TARTE 4.54 bits
2.7% →
TRITE 4.52 bits
2.7% →
SCORN 4.47 bits

Research on OPSIT

Game-tree analysis and word research for OPSIT, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with OPSIT, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.67 guesses and ranks #2,690 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with OPSIT can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.61, at or below the proven-optimal 3.67, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).