5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OSIER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊzɪə//ˈəʊʒə//ˈoʊʒəɹ/

Noun

A willow, of species Salix viminalis, growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America, considered the best willow for wickerwork.

Noun

Any kind of willow.

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 OSIER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OSIER 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 92.1% of games, misses completely in 7.9%, and leaves about 90 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,796 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___R O in the 1st position and R in the 5th position O__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _S__R S in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

DEALT MANLY TONAL SHALT ANTIC CRARE
Words starting with O Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
90 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OSIER 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,796 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OSIER ranks #4,796 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
22
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EIORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
28%
All gray
8%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

202
186
167
125
124
117
100
97
93
64
63
56
56
49
49
46
37
35
35
34
33
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29
29
28
27
25
25
25
22

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OSIER:

9% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
8% chance
Suggested:
MANLY
7% chance
Suggested:
TONAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.6% →
DEALT 5.61 bits
7.9% →
MANLY 5.35 bits
7.1% →
TONAL 4.97 bits
5.3% →
SHALT 5.19 bits
5.3% →
ANTIC 4.92 bits
5.0% →
CRARE 4.67 bits
4.2% →
CHART 4.71 bits
4.1% →
ACORN 4.25 bits
3.9% →
SHALT 4.99 bits
2.7% →
PATEE 3.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1S1I1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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