5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ORANS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A figure in an attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up.

Noun

The posture or bodily attitude of such a figure.

Alternative forms: orant, oranta, orante

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 ORANS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORANS 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 88.9% of games, misses completely in 11.1%, and leaves about 96 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,251 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__N_ O in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TILDE BLITE CLOTE REBEL STILE PALET
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
96 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORANS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,251 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORANS ranks #1,251 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
989
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
30%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

263
172
144
132
130
99
92
78
73
73
69
68
61
58
51
50
48
42
41
34
30
29
27
25
24
20
20
20
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORANS:

11% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
7% chance
Suggested:
BLITE
6% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.1% →
TILDE 5.94 bits
7.3% →
BLITE 5.24 bits
6.1% →
CLOTE 4.88 bits
5.6% →
REBEL 4.74 bits
5.5% →
STILE 5.41 bits
4.2% →
PALET 4.58 bits
3.9% →
TUILE 4.87 bits
3.3% →
ROWER 4.16 bits
3.1% →
TRICE 4.58 bits
3.1% →
CLOTE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1A1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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