5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OVIST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvɪst/

Adjective

Pertaining to ovism.

Noun

Someone who believes that the complete embryo is contained preformed within the ovum; a proponent of ovism.

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 OVIST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OVIST 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,764 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___T O in the 1st position and T in the 5th position O__S_ O in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _V__T V in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE LINER PARLE TARTE CRANE PHARE
Words starting with O Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OVIST 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,764 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OVIST ranks #5,764 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
21
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:
IOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
27%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

506
296
159
148
132
113
75
72
70
61
56
52
40
39
35
32
31
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28
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27
25
22
22
18
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12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OVIST:

21% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
13% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
LINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
CARLE 6.14 bits
12.6% →
CARLE 5.25 bits
6.7% →
LINER 5.25 bits
6.3% →
PARLE 5.32 bits
5.6% →
TARTE 5.51 bits
4.8% →
CRANE 5.07 bits
3.2% →
CRANE 5.04 bits
3.1% →
PHARE 4.80 bits
3.0% →
NORTH 4.44 bits
2.6% →
PLATE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1V4I1S1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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