5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ABACA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæb.əˌkɑː//ˈæb.əˌkə//ˈæb.əˌkɑ/

Noun

Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.

Noun

The fiber of this plant, used in rope, fibers, and cloth.

Alternative forms: abacá, abáca, abaka, abaká

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 ABACA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABACA 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 57.0% of games, misses completely in 43.0%, and leaves about 517 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,390 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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.

A___A A in the 1st position and A in the 5th position A__C_ A in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _B__A B in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE TALER STIRE COURE ROULE TUILE
Words starting with A Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.16 Entropy (bits)
517 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABACA 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,390 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABACA ranks #14,390 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
16
3 guesses
580
4 guesses
1,319
5 guesses
403
6 guesses
35
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
26%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

39 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1014
285
192
160
142
95
85
66
47
42
28
28
23
15
14
14
11
11
9
9
8
7
7
6
6
5
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABACA:

43% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.0% →
TOISE 6.00 bits
12.1% →
TALER 5.45 bits
8.1% →
STIRE 5.15 bits
6.8% →
COURE 5.49 bits
6.0% →
ROULE 5.35 bits
4.0% →
TUILE 4.71 bits
3.6% →
IRONE 4.96 bits
2.8% →
CARET 4.59 bits
2.0% →
BLORE 4.38 bits
1.8% →
SHIEL 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3A1C3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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