5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

OXBOW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 64.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒksbəʊ/

Noun

A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke.

Noun

A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop.

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 OXBOW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OXBOW 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 43.2% of games, misses completely in 56.8%, and leaves about 840 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,791 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.05 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__O_ O in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

RAISE CRATE RAILE WRITE MARSE DROLE
Words starting with O Words ending with W

First-turn measures

2.45 Entropy (bits)
840 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
64.4% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OXBOW 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.

4.05 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,791 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OXBOW ranks #14,791 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
482
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
564
6 guesses
46
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
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
43%
Green tile
10%
All gray
57%

Feedback distribution

42 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1340
374
143
109
64
50
41
36
33
31
23
12
10
9
8
8
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6
5
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3
3
3
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2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OXBOW:

57% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
16% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
6% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

56.8% →
RAISE 6.08 bits
15.9% →
CRATE 5.23 bits
6.1% →
RAILE 5.40 bits
4.6% →
WRITE 5.30 bits
2.7% →
MARSE 4.58 bits
2.1% →
DROLE 4.49 bits
1.7% →
TALER 4.80 bits
1.5% →
BRANE 4.24 bits
1.4% →
SLANT 3.80 bits
1.3% →
LATER 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1X8B3O1W4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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