5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

ORIEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɔːɹiəl/

Noun

A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.

Noun

A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining.

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 ORIEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORIEL 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 91.9% of games, misses completely in 8.1%, and leaves about 79 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,289 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___L O in the 1st position and L in the 5th position O__E_ O in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SCANT TEASE SAUNT SATIN SCALP STALE
Words starting with O Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.54 Entropy (bits)
79 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORIEL 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,289 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORIEL ranks #2,289 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
977
4 guesses
1,089
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EILOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
37%
All gray
8%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

190
177
150
111
106
102
86
85
76
76
64
53
53
51
50
45
43
42
42
34
32
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28
26
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24
24
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORIEL:

8% chance
Suggested:
SCANT
8% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
6% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.1% →
SCANT 5.51 bits
7.5% →
TEASE 5.50 bits
6.4% →
SAUNT 5.02 bits
4.7% →
SATIN 4.86 bits
4.5% →
SCALP 4.86 bits
4.3% →
STALE 4.73 bits
3.6% →
SAUNT 4.46 bits
3.6% →
STARE 4.40 bits
3.2% →
SHART 4.73 bits
3.2% →
SAUNT 3.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1I1E1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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