5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ORALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of oral

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 ORALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORALS 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 89.9% of games, misses completely in 10.1%, and leaves about 87 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,912 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___S O in the 1st position and S in the 5th position O__L_ O in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TINGE TANGY CONTE SIENT DETER CLINE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
87 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORALS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,912 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORALS ranks #2,912 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
921
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
30%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

238
143
137
124
123
105
87
86
82
77
76
56
56
55
55
50
50
46
46
44
40
30
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24
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORALS:

10% chance
Suggested:
TINGE
6% chance
Suggested:
TANGY
6% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.1% →
TINGE 5.86 bits
6.1% →
TANGY 4.75 bits
5.8% →
CONTE 5.02 bits
5.3% →
SIENT 5.42 bits
5.2% →
DETER 4.74 bits
4.5% →
CLINE 4.80 bits
3.7% →
RONTE 4.35 bits
3.6% →
TARRE 4.37 bits
3.5% →
TRICE 4.58 bits
3.3% →
NATAL 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1A1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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