5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ORTHO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.θəʊ//ˈoɹ.θoʊ/

Noun

An isomer of a benzene derivative having two substituents adjacent on the ring.

Noun

A certain type of flat eyepiece.

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 ORTHO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORTHO 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 74.8% of games, misses completely in 25.2%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,623 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___O O in the 1st position and O in the 5th position O__H_ O in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _R__O R in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

ANILE LAREE SLANE CADIE SLICE CARER
Words starting with O Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORTHO 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,623 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORTHO ranks #9,623 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
791
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
29
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:
ORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
20%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

595
263
230
188
129
127
94
68
55
54
49
47
44
39
33
32
21
20
19
18
16
15
15
15
10
9
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORTHO:

25% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
11% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.2% →
ANILE 6.19 bits
11.2% →
LAREE 5.08 bits
9.8% →
SLANE 5.86 bits
8.0% →
SLANE 5.23 bits
5.5% →
CADIE 4.91 bits
5.4% →
SLICE 5.42 bits
4.0% →
CARER 4.35 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.28 bits
2.3% →
NAICE 4.60 bits
2.3% →
BEAST 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1T1H4O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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