5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OXERS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of oxer

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 OXERS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OXERS 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,229 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___S O in the 1st position and S in the 5th position O__R_ O in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _X__S X in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

PAINT LAIDE PATEE TONAL SAULT TRIAD
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OXERS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,229 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OXERS ranks #12,229 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
731
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
311
6 guesses
35
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:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
17%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

362
285
214
205
183
142
118
100
79
72
65
49
45
41
38
37
33
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26
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13
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11
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OXERS:

15% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
9% chance
Suggested:
PATEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
PAINT 5.68 bits
12.1% →
LAIDE 5.34 bits
9.1% →
PATEE 4.67 bits
8.7% →
TONAL 5.06 bits
7.8% →
SAULT 5.28 bits
6.0% →
TRIAD 5.11 bits
5.0% →
APRON 4.17 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 4.77 bits
3.4% →
NOBLE 4.21 bits
3.1% →
STOOL 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1X8E1R1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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