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OVOID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈoʊvɔɪd/

Adjective

Shaped like an oval.

Adjective

Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate.

Noun

Something that is oval in shape.

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 OVOID performs as a guess

OVOID 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 62.2% of games, misses completely in 37.8%, and leaves about 431 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,394 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___D O in the 1st position and D in the 5th position O__I_ O in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

SLATE TRINE TALER CRATE DEARE LEANT
Words starting with O Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.52 Entropy (bits)
431 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
81.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OVOID 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,394 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OVOID ranks #13,394 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
653
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
376
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
22%
All gray
38%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
G I Z M O
O V O I D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches OVOID in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

891
339
229
140
112
88
52
51
49
42
35
33
28
21
20
20
19
18
17
15
12
11
11
8
7
6
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OVOID:

38% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.8% →
SLATE 6.30 bits
14.4% →
TRINE 5.34 bits
9.7% →
TALER 5.30 bits
5.9% →
CRATE 4.92 bits
4.7% →
DEARE 5.09 bits
3.7% →
LEANT 4.94 bits
2.2% →
RANSE 4.77 bits
2.2% →
GRATE 4.47 bits
2.1% →
PORTE 3.67 bits
1.8% →
BRANE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1V4O1I1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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