5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

URAOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 URAOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts URAOS 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 89.2% of games, misses completely in 10.8%, and leaves about 102 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,742 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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 _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LITHE CLINE CLONE SPELT RIVET PALET
Words starting with U Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
102 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How URAOS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,742 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, URAOS ranks #4,742 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
908
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
21
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:
AORSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
29%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

254
215
153
119
115
114
103
84
80
69
67
63
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56
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing URAOS:

11% chance
Suggested:
LITHE
9% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
6% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.8% →
LITHE 5.72 bits
9.1% →
CLINE 5.27 bits
6.5% →
CLONE 5.01 bits
5.0% →
CLINE 5.02 bits
4.9% →
SPELT 5.26 bits
4.8% →
RIVET 4.69 bits
4.4% →
PALET 4.45 bits
3.6% →
CLINE 4.76 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.28 bits
2.9% →
ROWER 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1R1A1O1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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