5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OVALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of oval

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 OVALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OVALS 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,264 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___S O in the 1st position and S in the 5th position O__L_ O in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _V__S V in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRONE CARET STIRE PRICE DRICE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OVALS 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
0.70 Volatility
#7,264 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OVALS ranks #7,264 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
23%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
248
232
187
125
108
103
86
75
74
74
60
58
52
31
30
29
24
24
23
23
23
17
15
15
14
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OVALS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
TRINE 6.13 bits
10.5% →
TRONE 5.22 bits
9.8% →
CARET 5.32 bits
7.9% →
STIRE 5.51 bits
5.3% →
PRICE 4.93 bits
4.6% →
DRICE 5.06 bits
4.4% →
RONTE 4.58 bits
3.6% →
RENAL 4.60 bits
3.2% →
SATER 4.61 bits
3.1% →
CRUET 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1V4A1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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