5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OTIUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 OTIUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OTIUM 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,874 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___M O in the 1st position and M in the 5th position O__U_ O in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _T__M T in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE LINER SLANE CRANE TARSE TITHE
Words starting with O Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OTIUM 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,874 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OTIUM ranks #6,874 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
IOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
21%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

471
307
197
170
160
140
84
73
67
58
49
45
35
32
30
29
24
23
17
17
16
16
15
15
15
14
14
14
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OTIUM:

20% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
13% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
CARLE 5.96 bits
13.0% →
CARLE 5.37 bits
8.4% →
CARLE 5.33 bits
7.2% →
LINER 5.24 bits
6.8% →
SLANE 5.14 bits
5.9% →
CRANE 5.05 bits
3.6% →
TARSE 4.64 bits
3.1% →
TITHE 4.35 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 5.16 bits
2.5% →
RANSE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1T1I1U1M3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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