5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ORBAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Acronym of order of battle.

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 ORBAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORBAT 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,341 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___T O in the 1st position and T in the 5th position O__A_ O in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLICE SLANE CLONE SEINE SHITE SERRY
Words starting with O Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORBAT 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,341 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORBAT ranks #1,341 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
972
4 guesses
1,119
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
10
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
2 vowels
Common:
AORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

341
251
187
151
102
100
89
80
66
61
53
47
47
46
42
42
40
30
28
28
27
26
26
25
22
16
16
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORBAT:

14% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
SLICE 6.04 bits
10.6% →
SLANE 5.52 bits
7.9% →
CLONE 5.14 bits
6.4% →
SEINE 5.09 bits
4.3% →
SHITE 5.12 bits
4.2% →
SERRY 4.36 bits
3.8% →
ROWER 4.22 bits
3.4% →
TASTE 4.65 bits
2.8% →
SHIEL 4.96 bits
2.6% →
PRIED 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1B3A1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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