5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OUZEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈuːzəl/

Noun

A water ouzel, an aquatic perching bird (Cinclus mexicanus).

Noun

A Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula).

Alternative forms: ousel, oozel, woosel

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 OUZEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OUZEL 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,310 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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

SAINT REATE SONAR STAIR STALE SNORE
Words starting with O Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OUZEL 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,310 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OUZEL ranks #12,310 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
702
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
319
6 guesses
24
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:
ELOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

383
347
272
159
128
126
92
82
82
78
51
50
49
42
35
34
29
27
25
24
24
22
17
13
11
10
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OUZEL:

16% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
REATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
SAINT 5.88 bits
14.7% →
REATE 5.58 bits
11.5% →
SONAR 5.09 bits
6.7% →
STAIR 4.63 bits
5.4% →
STALE 4.74 bits
5.3% →
SAINT 4.85 bits
3.9% →
SNORE 4.60 bits
3.5% →
SHUNT 5.02 bits
3.5% →
SNARY 3.90 bits
3.3% →
ALLOY 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1U1Z10E1L1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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