5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OWSEN

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ox

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 OWSEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OWSEN 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,133 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___N O in the 1st position and N in the 5th position O__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _W__N W in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL REATE COLOR SLART ALTER GIANT
Words starting with O Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OWSEN 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,133 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OWSEN ranks #7,133 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
23%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

352
334
234
164
143
134
116
71
71
63
58
40
33
32
29
26
25
25
22
21
18
18
18
18
17
14
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OWSEN:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
REATE
10% chance
Suggested:
COLOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
TRAIL 5.89 bits
14.2% →
REATE 5.56 bits
9.9% →
COLOR 5.00 bits
7.0% →
SLART 5.31 bits
6.1% →
ALTER 4.35 bits
5.7% →
GIANT 5.02 bits
4.9% →
SLART 4.92 bits
3.0% →
GEARE 4.53 bits
3.0% →
ROOST 4.36 bits
2.7% →
DOING 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1W4S1E1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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