5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UNIOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of unio

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 UNIOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNIOS 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,703 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

U___S U in the 1st position and S in the 5th position U__O_ U in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE THALE LATER MARLE TRACE STORE
Words starting with U Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNIOS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,703 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNIOS ranks #5,703 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
898
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
23
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:
INOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
22%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

436
222
194
171
149
101
99
74
70
70
56
56
52
51
44
44
36
30
26
22
18
17
15
15
14
13
13
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNIOS:

18% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
THALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
CARLE 5.99 bits
9.4% →
CARLE 5.19 bits
8.2% →
THALE 5.55 bits
7.3% →
LATER 5.28 bits
6.3% →
MARLE 5.19 bits
4.3% →
TRACE 5.05 bits
4.2% →
CARLE 4.88 bits
3.1% →
STORE 4.58 bits
3.0% →
WRATE 4.38 bits
3.0% →
SALET 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1I1O1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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