5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OUPAS

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of oupa

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 OUPAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OUPAS 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,649 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___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 RONTE THALE TRINE CLINE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OUPAS 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
#6,649 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OUPAS ranks #6,649 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
861
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
18
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
20%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

370
352
262
129
123
88
87
85
80
78
48
46
43
39
35
32
32
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26
26
23
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OUPAS:

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

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
TRIED 5.87 bits
14.9% →
CARLE 5.44 bits
11.1% →
RONTE 5.24 bits
5.5% →
THALE 5.03 bits
5.2% →
TRINE 5.28 bits
3.7% →
CLINE 4.62 bits
3.7% →
ACTOR 4.23 bits
3.6% →
RONTE 4.60 bits
3.4% →
TALER 4.56 bits
3.3% →
TRICE 5.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1U1P3A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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