5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

OZEKI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A sumo wrestler ranking below yokozuna and above sekiwake; champion.

Alternative forms: ōzeki

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 OZEKI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OZEKI 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,262 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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 5th position

Try next

LEARE SLART SLANT TRINE RONTE SONAR
Words starting with O Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.62 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OZEKI 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,262 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OZEKI ranks #14,262 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
21
3 guesses
608
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
400
6 guesses
36
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
12%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

47 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

447
388
351
288
196
159
132
77
56
30
22
20
19
16
15
13
11
10
9
9
9
7
7
7
7
5
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OZEKI:

19% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
LEARE 5.63 bits
16.5% →
SLART 5.92 bits
14.9% →
SLART 5.22 bits
12.2% →
SLANT 5.41 bits
8.3% →
TRINE 4.74 bits
6.7% →
RONTE 4.53 bits
5.6% →
SLART 5.17 bits
3.3% →
SONAR 4.22 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 4.68 bits
1.3% →
SLART 3.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1Z10E1K5I1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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