5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ORLON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

a synthetic fibre used in yarn and knitwear

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 ORLON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORLON 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,117 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__O_ O in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SAUTE SATED SAICE SUITE CASTE SOWCE
Words starting with O Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORLON 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,117 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORLON ranks #8,117 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
842
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LNOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
26%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
282
266
191
142
130
89
70
68
58
58
57
36
35
32
25
22
21
18
17
15
14
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORLON:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAUTE
12% chance
Suggested:
SATED
11% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
SAUTE 6.12 bits
12.0% →
SATED 5.35 bits
11.3% →
SAICE 5.46 bits
8.1% →
SUITE 5.35 bits
6.0% →
CASTE 5.20 bits
5.5% →
SAUTE 4.97 bits
3.8% →
SOWCE 4.41 bits
3.0% →
COATE 4.41 bits
2.9% →
SABLE 4.80 bits
2.5% →
SAICE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1L1O1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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