5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OVISM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The belief that the ovum holds all material needed for the development of the embryo.

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 OVISM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OVISM 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,015 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___M O in the 1st position and M in the 5th position O__S_ O in the 1st position and S in the 4th position

Try next

CARLE TRONE PLATE TILDE TRACE EARLY
Words starting with O Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OVISM 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,015 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OVISM ranks #9,015 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
769
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
21%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

600
325
210
208
146
100
89
80
56
49
42
42
37
37
31
29
24
24
19
15
13
12
10
9
9
9
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OVISM:

25% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
CARLE 6.15 bits
13.8% →
TRONE 5.12 bits
8.9% →
PLATE 5.48 bits
8.8% →
TILDE 5.14 bits
6.2% →
TRACE 5.01 bits
4.2% →
EARLY 5.11 bits
3.8% →
THALE 4.94 bits
3.4% →
CONTE 4.23 bits
2.4% →
LATER 4.53 bits
2.1% →
LEANT 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1V4I1S1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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