5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ORCIN

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The organic compound 3,5-dihydroxytoluene, found in many lichens and synthesizable from toluene.

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 ORCIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORCIN 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 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #643 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___N O in the 1st position and N in the 5th position O__I_ O in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET STILE TARRE SHALE STAGE
Words starting with O Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORCIN 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#643 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORCIN ranks #643 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
1,032
4 guesses
1,084
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
13
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:
INOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
25%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

412
218
188
156
115
108
91
74
65
61
57
47
45
43
39
37
35
32
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22
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORCIN:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
SLATE 6.50 bits
9.2% →
SALET 5.36 bits
8.0% →
SALET 5.21 bits
6.6% →
STILE 5.49 bits
4.9% →
SALET 5.24 bits
4.6% →
TARRE 4.60 bits
3.9% →
SHALE 5.38 bits
3.1% →
STAGE 4.55 bits
2.8% →
STADE 4.75 bits
2.6% →
SALET 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1C3I1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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