5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer S tier opener

ORATE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 97.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɹeɪt//ɒɹˈeɪt//əˈɹeɪt/

Verb

To speak formally; to give a speech.

Verb

To speak passionately; to preach for or against something.

Adjective

Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.

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 ORATE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORATE 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 91.6% of games, misses completely in 8.4%, and leaves about 65 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #448 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___E O in the 1st position and E in the 5th position O__T_ O in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLIMY COLON NASAL SHIEL SIDER SEINE
Words starting with O Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.82 Entropy (bits)
65 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
97.2% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORATE 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#448 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORATE ranks #448 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
93
3 guesses
996
4 guesses
1,083
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
18
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:
AEORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
40%
All gray
8%

Feedback distribution

127 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

198
137
115
107
101
85
72
65
56
56
51
49
49
49
47
46
45
45
42
40
37
35
32
32
31
29
28
28
25
25

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORATE:

8% chance
Suggested:
SLIMY
6% chance
Suggested:
COLON
5% chance
Suggested:
NASAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.4% →
SLIMY 5.49 bits
5.8% →
COLON 4.96 bits
4.9% →
NASAL 4.89 bits
4.5% →
SHIEL 4.97 bits
4.3% →
SIDER 4.14 bits
3.6% →
SEINE 4.50 bits
3.1% →
CLASP 4.49 bits
2.8% →
SHUNT 4.57 bits
2.4% →
SLEET 4.71 bits
2.4% →
LADEN 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1A1T1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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