Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

OZENA

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

No dictionary definition for OZENA is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use OZENA in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How OZENA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OZENA 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #12,015 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe OZENA used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.33 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How OZENA 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.79% Solved within six
0.73 Spread of game lengths
#12,015 Rank among openers
Opening with OZENA left 5 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.73 means those games clustered within about 0.73 of a guess of the 3.81 average. It ranks #12,015 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
705
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
307
6 guesses
27

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
19%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

OZENA can come back 68 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

287 answers
286 answers
277 answers
247 answers
235 answers
135 answers
102 answers
86 answers
85 answers
62 answers
59 answers
59 answers
44 answers
43 answers
37 answers
37 answers
29 answers
28 answers
26 answers
26 answers
17 answers
16 answers
13 answers
11 answers
10 answers
10 answers
9 answers
8 answers
7 answers
7 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1Z10E1N1A1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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

Strategy after playing OZENA

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to OZENA.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OZENA:

12% chance
Suggested:
SPILT
12% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SPILT 5.67 bits
12.0% →
SIREE 5.30 bits
11.6% →
SLART 5.34 bits
10.4% →
SLART 5.00 bits
9.9% →
ROOST 5.24 bits
5.7% →
TORSE 4.56 bits
4.3% →
SETER 4.73 bits
3.6% →
SIREE 4.63 bits
3.6% →
CAROL 4.69 bits
2.6% →
SNAIL 4.32 bits

Research on OZENA

Game-tree analysis and word research for OZENA, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with OZENA, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.84 guesses and ranks #12,243 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with OZENA can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.81, at or below the proven-optimal 3.84, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).