5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ORVAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A sage, of species Salvia viridis.

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 ORVAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ORVAL 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,859 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___L O in the 1st position and L in the 5th position O__A_ O in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT CASTE STONE SLICE SIREE SPALE
Words starting with O Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ORVAL 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
0.73 Volatility
#7,859 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ORVAL ranks #7,859 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
24

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
24%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

357
251
200
166
162
120
119
108
97
74
58
51
48
30
30
28
26
26
22
20
19
19
16
16
16
16
14
12
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ORVAL:

15% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
11% chance
Suggested:
CASTE
8% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SIENT 6.14 bits
10.6% →
CASTE 5.33 bits
8.5% →
STONE 5.05 bits
7.0% →
SLICE 5.14 bits
6.9% →
SIREE 5.19 bits
5.1% →
SPALE 4.69 bits
5.0% →
SATED 4.50 bits
4.6% →
SHUTE 4.67 bits
4.1% →
SPITE 4.80 bits
3.1% →
COOEY 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1R1V4A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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