5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OUSIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈuːsɪə//ˈuːzɪə/

Noun

The essential nature or ‘substance’ of God, often as contrasted to the ‘energies’ (external actions and influences) through which he is manifest.

Noun

Essence, being.

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 OUSIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OUSIA 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 93.3% of games, misses completely in 6.7%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,560 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___A O in the 1st position and A in the 5th position O__I_ O in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE TRONE TRINE DETER THALE CAROL
Words starting with O Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OUSIA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#9,560 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OUSIA ranks #9,560 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
817
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
33
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
4 vowels
Common:
AIOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
93%
Green tile
21%
All gray
7%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

372
243
241
157
147
99
90
80
79
76
66
53
49
46
44
37
37
32
24
21
19
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15
15
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13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OUSIA:

16% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
CARLE 5.52 bits
10.3% →
TRONE 5.00 bits
10.2% →
TRINE 5.25 bits
6.7% →
DETER 5.41 bits
6.2% →
THALE 4.77 bits
4.2% →
CAROL 4.51 bits
3.8% →
PORTE 4.28 bits
3.4% →
PLACE 3.75 bits
3.4% →
TRINE 4.38 bits
3.2% →
CRUET 5.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1U1S1I1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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