ORBIT

Meaning

A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object, particularly in astronomy and space travel.

“The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.”

• verbTo circle or revolve around another object.

ORBIT as a word-puzzle answer

ORBIT is a 5-letter word with 2 vowels (O, I) and 3 consonants (R, B, T). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (O, R, I, T), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.