5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OUMAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ouma

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 OUMAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OUMAS 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,393 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___S O in the 1st position and S in the 5th position O__A_ O in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED CARLE TRONE TRIPE THALE PORTE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OUMAS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,393 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OUMAS ranks #7,393 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
17
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:
AOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
19%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

385
350
254
146
142
99
90
84
79
75
54
46
43
39
34
30
29
23
23
22
16
14
14
13
13
13
11
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OUMAS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
15% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
TRIED 5.89 bits
14.8% →
CARLE 5.45 bits
10.8% →
TRONE 5.14 bits
6.2% →
TRIPE 5.26 bits
6.0% →
THALE 4.97 bits
4.2% →
PORTE 4.47 bits
3.8% →
CLINE 4.54 bits
3.6% →
RENAL 4.52 bits
3.4% →
TRICE 5.24 bits
3.2% →
ACTOR 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1U1M3A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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