5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

OIRAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɔɪɹən/

Noun

A high-status courtesan in Japan.

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 OIRAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OIRAN 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 91.4% of games, misses completely in 8.6%, and leaves about 104 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,290 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___N O in the 1st position and N in the 5th position O__A_ O in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SLEPT STOLE TRACE STILE SLEET
Words starting with O Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.26 Entropy (bits)
104 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OIRAN 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#3,290 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OIRAN ranks #3,290 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,091
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
26
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:
AINOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
27%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

265
202
185
131
116
112
108
83
71
69
68
58
53
51
48
47
46
31
29
27
27
26
26
23
20
19
17
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OIRAN:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLEPT
8% chance
Suggested:
STOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.2% →
SLATE 5.71 bits
8.6% →
SLEPT 5.64 bits
7.8% →
STOLE 5.17 bits
5.6% →
TRACE 4.52 bits
4.9% →
STILE 5.44 bits
4.7% →
SLEET 5.15 bits
4.6% →
SOOTE 4.44 bits
3.5% →
SALET 4.11 bits
3.0% →
SALET 4.40 bits
2.9% →
TRIPE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1I1R1A1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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