5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OXIME

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒk.siːm//ˈɑkˌsiːm/

Noun

Any of a class of organic compounds, of general formula RR'C=NOH, derived from the condensation of an aldehyde (R' = H) or ketone with hydroxylamine.

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 OXIME performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OXIME 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,324 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___E O in the 1st position and E in the 5th position O__M_ O in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _X__E X in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ALTER PLAIT SONAR RIPEN COWER
Words starting with O Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OXIME 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
0.72 Volatility
#12,324 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OXIME ranks #12,324 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
689
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
321
6 guesses
20
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)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

386
363
323
197
172
125
85
70
65
55
52
50
47
40
34
34
30
24
18
16
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7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OXIME:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
15% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
14% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
SLART 5.96 bits
15.4% →
ALTER 5.36 bits
13.7% →
SLART 5.25 bits
8.4% →
SLART 5.21 bits
7.3% →
PLAIT 4.96 bits
5.3% →
SLART 4.99 bits
3.6% →
SONAR 4.07 bits
3.0% →
RIPEN 4.56 bits
2.8% →
COWER 3.71 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1X8I1M3E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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