5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

OXIDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of oxid

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 OXIDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OXIDS 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 290 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,502 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__D_ O in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _X__S X in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE TALER STALE LEANT CRANE PORTE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.80 Entropy (bits)
290 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OXIDS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,502 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OXIDS ranks #12,502 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
695
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
313
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
17%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

619
335
299
194
130
119
102
65
65
62
50
41
31
26
24
19
16
16
10
9
9
8
7
7
7
7
7
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OXIDS:

26% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
CARLE 6.26 bits
14.2% →
TALER 5.30 bits
12.7% →
STALE 5.65 bits
8.2% →
LEANT 5.18 bits
5.5% →
CRANE 5.07 bits
5.0% →
PORTE 4.57 bits
4.3% →
LEARE 5.09 bits
2.8% →
LEANT 3.94 bits
2.8% →
DRONE 4.57 bits
2.6% →
LATER 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1X8I1D2S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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