5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

OXLIP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A plant of species Primula elatior, similar to cowslip (Primula veris) but with larger, pale yellow flowers.

Alternative forms: oxelip, oxslip

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 OXLIP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OXLIP 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 295 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,812 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__I_ O in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

REAST TONER TRINE SNARE PARSE COATE
Words starting with O Words ending with P

First-turn measures

3.85 Entropy (bits)
295 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OXLIP 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,812 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OXLIP ranks #11,812 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
724
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
305
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
2 vowels
Common:
ILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
16%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

630
358
260
231
105
104
86
78
47
45
44
41
38
26
25
25
24
20
18
10
10
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9
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6
6
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OXLIP:

27% chance
Suggested:
REAST
15% chance
Suggested:
TONER
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
REAST 6.34 bits
15.2% →
TONER 5.24 bits
11.0% →
TRINE 5.54 bits
9.8% →
SNARE 5.26 bits
4.5% →
PARSE 5.60 bits
4.4% →
COATE 4.32 bits
3.6% →
CARLE 4.14 bits
3.3% →
CARET 5.03 bits
2.0% →
SABLE 4.77 bits
1.9% →
SINCE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1X8L1I1P3
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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