5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OUSEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of ouzel.

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 OUSEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OUSEL 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,733 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___L O in the 1st position and L in the 5th position O__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN REATE DONOR EATER SHART PEART
Words starting with O Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OUSEL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#4,733 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OUSEL ranks #4,733 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
26
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:
ELOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
29%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

259
252
205
123
112
106
91
90
66
64
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60
42
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OUSEL:

11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
REATE
9% chance
Suggested:
DONOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
TRAIN 5.70 bits
10.7% →
REATE 5.54 bits
8.7% →
DONOR 5.06 bits
5.2% →
EATER 4.36 bits
4.7% →
SHART 5.24 bits
4.5% →
REATE 4.68 bits
3.9% →
PEART 4.83 bits
3.8% →
CLAIM 4.55 bits
2.8% →
ALLOY 4.11 bits
2.7% →
ROOST 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1U1S1E1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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