5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OUEDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% 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 OUEDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OUEDS 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,416 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEARE CAIRN COLON SHALT REATE RONTE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OUEDS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,416 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OUEDS ranks #8,416 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
830
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
31
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:
EOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
20%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
311
238
163
108
104
77
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67
61
61
49
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31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OUEDS:

16% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
13% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
10% chance
Suggested:
COLON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
LEARE 5.61 bits
13.2% →
CAIRN 5.79 bits
10.1% →
COLON 5.15 bits
6.9% →
SHALT 5.29 bits
4.6% →
REATE 4.97 bits
4.4% →
RONTE 4.36 bits
3.3% →
ROOST 4.29 bits
3.2% →
ERECT 4.72 bits
3.2% →
CLARY 4.15 bits
2.8% →
DRICE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1U1E1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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