5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

ORBIT

ORBIT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.bɪt//ˈɔɹ.bɪt/

Noun

The curved path of one object around a point or another body.

Noun

A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.

“In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.”

Verb

To circle or revolve around another object or position.

“The Earth orbits the Sun.”

Verb

To move around the general vicinity of something.

“The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, begging for sweets.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 ORBIT performs as a guess

ORBIT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,426 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__I_ O in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE CLONE LEASE HASTE CARER CLADE
Words starting with O Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORBIT 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
#1,426 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORBIT ranks #1,426 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
14
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:
IORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S N O U T
O R B I T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ORBIT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

405
206
199
180
125
108
74
70
62
57
56
54
54
46
43
36
34
31
26
26
26
20
18
16
16
16
15
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORBIT:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
8% chance
Suggested:
LEASE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
SLANE 6.27 bits
8.7% →
CLONE 5.14 bits
8.4% →
LEASE 5.24 bits
7.6% →
SLANE 5.37 bits
5.3% →
HASTE 5.28 bits
4.6% →
CARER 4.45 bits
3.1% →
SLANE 5.06 bits
3.0% →
CLADE 4.64 bits
2.6% →
SANED 4.36 bits
2.4% →
SHULE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1B3I1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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