5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ORRIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹɪs/

Noun

Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially Iris × germanica.

Noun

The fragrant root of such an iris.

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 ORRIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORRIS 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 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,385 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___S O in the 1st position and S in the 5th position O__I_ O in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT STALE CLINE CADET STOOL STILE
Words starting with O Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORRIS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,385 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORRIS ranks #9,385 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
19
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:
IORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
27%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
243
234
207
143
99
87
81
78
74
54
53
49
46
43
35
33
30
27
17
17
16
16
15
14
13
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORRIS:

19% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
10% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
LEANT 6.00 bits
10.3% →
LEANT 5.05 bits
9.9% →
STALE 5.73 bits
8.8% →
CLINE 5.20 bits
6.1% →
LEANT 5.00 bits
4.2% →
CADET 4.93 bits
3.7% →
STOOL 4.42 bits
3.4% →
STILE 4.48 bits
3.3% →
CADET 4.91 bits
3.1% →
CATER 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1R1I1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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