5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ORACY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The ability to speak, and to understand spoken language

Noun

A measure of this ability

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 ORACY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORACY 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 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,634 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___Y O in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position _R__Y R in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SEINE SLIPE SHUTE TALER SPITE
Words starting with O Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.06 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORACY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,634 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORACY ranks #3,634 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,100
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
42%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

324
201
186
157
123
119
94
86
70
61
60
58
55
49
46
44
41
36
35
27
26
22
21
21
20
19
17
17
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORACY:

14% chance
Suggested:
STILE
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
STILE 6.21 bits
8.5% →
STILE 5.37 bits
7.9% →
STILE 5.11 bits
6.7% →
SEINE 5.17 bits
5.2% →
STILE 5.16 bits
5.0% →
SLIPE 4.54 bits
4.0% →
SHUTE 4.62 bits
3.6% →
TALER 4.60 bits
3.0% →
SPITE 4.62 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 3.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1A1C3Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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