5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

OXIDE

Yes, OXIDE was the Wordle answer on April 21, 2022 (Wordle #306).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒksaɪd//ˈɑksaɪd//ˈɔksɑed/

Noun

A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.

Alternative forms: oxid, oxyd, oxyde

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 21, 2022 (#306).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How OXIDE performs as a guess

OXIDE 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,566 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___E O in the 1st position and E in the 5th position O__D_ O in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _X__E X in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ALTER SLANT ROAST MOWER DETER
Words starting with O Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OXIDE 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,566 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OXIDE ranks #11,566 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
727
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
291
6 guesses
22
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:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
O P I N E
O X I D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches OXIDE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

411
335
313
191
156
123
80
71
61
59
54
53
47
40
40
33
21
20
18
17
14
14
14
13
12
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OXIDE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
SLART 5.94 bits
14.2% →
ALTER 5.42 bits
13.3% →
SLART 5.25 bits
8.1% →
SLART 5.25 bits
6.6% →
SLANT 5.13 bits
5.2% →
SLANT 5.05 bits
3.4% →
ROAST 4.03 bits
3.0% →
MOWER 3.72 bits
2.6% →
DETER 4.41 bits
2.5% →
RIPEN 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1X8I1D2E1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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