Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OXEAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of oxea

Alternative forms: oxea, oxeae

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 OXEAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OXEAS 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 89.1% of games, misses completely in 10.9%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,351 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.

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OXEAS 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
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,351 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OXEAS ranks #13,351 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
625
4 guesses
1,301
5 guesses
345
6 guesses
27
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
16%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

295
258
243
231
201
122
121
105
88
78
75
72
67
46
45
41
29
27
27
18
17
13
12
11
11
10
9
9
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OXEAS:

13% chance
Suggested:
DINER
11% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5%
DINER 5.35 bits
10.9%
TRULY 5.31 bits
10.3%
TRAIN 5.08 bits
9.8%
COLON 4.80 bits
8.5%
LARGE 4.74 bits
5.2%
RONTE 4.42 bits
5.1%
SPILT 4.99 bits
4.5%
SHALT 4.61 bits
3.7%
ACTOR 4.29 bits
3.3%
ROOST 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1X8E1A1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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