5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OUPHE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈuːf//ˈaʊf/

Noun

A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf.

Alternative forms: aulf, ouph

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 OUPHE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OUPHE 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,648 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___E O in the 1st position and E in the 5th position O__H_ O in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNAIL ALTER SONAR SLART CHART SLANT
Words starting with O Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% 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 OUPHE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,648 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OUPHE ranks #7,648 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
21
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:
EOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
29%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

363
341
285
176
95
83
80
71
69
66
58
49
49
40
36
34
32
30
29
26
18
18
17
16
16
15
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OUPHE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
12% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
SNAIL 5.73 bits
14.5% →
ALTER 5.36 bits
12.1% →
SONAR 5.15 bits
7.5% →
SLART 5.15 bits
4.0% →
CHART 5.09 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 5.34 bits
3.4% →
SNARY 4.10 bits
3.0% →
MOWER 3.87 bits
2.9% →
STRIP 4.99 bits
2.8% →
CARET 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1U1P3H4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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