5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ORACH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɔɹɪt͡ʃ//ˈɒɹɪtʃ/

Noun

The saltbush: any of several plants of the genus Atriplex

Noun

Lamb's quarters: frost-blite (Chenopodium album) or another plant of the genus Chenopodium.

Alternative forms: arrach, orache

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 ORACH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORACH 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,039 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___H O in the 1st position and H in the 5th position _R__H R in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SALET SOLDE SEINE PALET SORER
Words starting with O Words ending with H

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORACH 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,039 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORACH ranks #2,039 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
1,016
4 guesses
1,059
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

374
245
203
163
103
99
87
75
64
59
49
43
41
41
37
33
30
30
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27
24
22
21
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20
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19
16
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORACH:

16% chance
Suggested:
STILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALET
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
STILE 6.16 bits
10.4% →
SALET 5.46 bits
8.6% →
SOLDE 5.03 bits
6.9% →
SEINE 5.08 bits
4.4% →
STILE 5.12 bits
4.2% →
PALET 4.62 bits
3.7% →
SORER 4.36 bits
3.2% →
SNIDE 4.39 bits
2.7% →
TALON 4.60 bits
2.5% →
SPITE 5.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1A1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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