5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

OVINE

OVINE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvaɪn//ˈoʊˌvaɪn/

Adjective

Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.

Adjective

Resembling a sheep in character; acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly.

Noun

An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep.

Noun

A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 OVINE performs as a guess

OVINE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,309 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__N_ O in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _V__E V in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SERAL SALTY ACORN ROAST SAULT
Words starting with O Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OVINE 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,309 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OVINE ranks #8,309 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
22
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:
EINO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
33%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
O P I N E
O V I N E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches OVINE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

346
324
278
166
135
92
65
61
60
57
53
53
49
49
47
39
33
27
26
26
24
24
22
17
17
16
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OVINE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
SLART 5.90 bits
13.7% →
SERAL 5.43 bits
11.8% →
SLART 5.25 bits
7.0% →
SLART 5.25 bits
5.7% →
SALTY 4.81 bits
3.9% →
SLART 5.05 bits
2.8% →
ACORN 4.28 bits
2.6% →
ROAST 4.11 bits
2.5% →
SAULT 4.46 bits
2.4% →
LEARN 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1V4I1N1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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