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ABACI

ABACI is an accepted guess. Its modelled answer likelihood is very unlikely; no globally completed appearance is recorded here.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæbəkaɪ//-saɪ//ˈæbəˌkaɪ/

Noun

plural of abacus

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Related meanings by dictionary sense

noun — base form abacus

a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave

noun — base form abacus

a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves

Open English WordNet, 2025 edition, CC BY 4.0. Source dictionary. Senses are kept separate; no puzzle appearance is assigned to a meaning without evidence.

Use ABACI in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Wordle status

Answer chance: very unlikely. Roughly 0.05% within a year (about 1 in 2,113), under the model through 2026-11-05. This is an estimate, not a publisher forecast. How this is calculated.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Earlier benchmark pool

No

Membership in the preserved uniform benchmark; it is not a future eligibility rule.

Past Wordle answer

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How ABACI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABACI as a guess. It is outside this preserved uniform benchmark’s answer pool; that is not a claim about future eligibility.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 73.1% of games, misses completely in 26.9%, and leaves about 296 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #12,474 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

A___I A in the 1st position and I in the 5th position A__C_ A in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _B__I B in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in ABACI.

First-turn measures

All four describe ABACI used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.89 Entropy (bits)
296 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ABACI 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#12,474 Rank among openers
Opening with ABACI left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.82 average. It ranks #12,474 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
698
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
313
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
24%
All gray
27%

When ABACI is useful later

ABACI tied for the smallest expected survivor count in 3 of 54 sampled positions where it was legal. This designed sample is not a measure of how often real players should use it.

After STARE: 4 candidates, normal mode

STARE: 02110 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: ATRIA, ATRIP, ATTAR, OTTAR.

With a budget of 5 more guesses, ABACI is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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After ROATE: 3 candidates, normal mode

ROATE: 10101 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

AWNER: 10011 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

ZEBRA: 01012 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: CREMA, ERICA, PRESA.

With a budget of 3 more guesses, ABACI is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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After SALET: 3 candidates, normal mode

SALET: 12000 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

RASPS: 02002 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

CAVUS: 02002 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

WANKS: 02112 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: KAINS, KAONS, NAKAS.

With a budget of 2 more guesses, ABACI is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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Sample and method

Every saved board is reachable within a six-turn game. Remaining turns equal six minus the saved history length. The sampling policy is independent of the expected-survivor metric. Two states at each of three depths per opener were selected by a fixed hash from an independent candidate-only sampling policy. Every accepted guess was evaluated. Model answer-model-2026-11-05-9183a914c959, data through 2026-11-05. The score measures expected survivors, not proved solve length or human difficulty.

How this is calculated.

How the solver finds ABACI

The strategy receives only earlier guesses and their feedback. It does not know the answer before choosing a move. Guessing the answer itself on turn one is a lucky one-turn result, not a recommended general strategy.

Normal mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 731 after. This feedback leaves 731 candidates.

    All 731 surviving candidates

    ABACA, ABACI, ABACK, ABAKA, ABAMP, ABAND, ABAYA, ABJAD, ABJUD, ABLOW, ABMHO, ABOHM, ABOIL, ABOMA, ABOON, ABUNA, ABUZZ, ACCHA, ACCOY, ACHOO, ACIDY, ACING, ACINI, ACMIC, ACOCK, ACOLD, ADAWN, ADDAX, ADDIN, ADDIO, ADHAN, ADHOC, ADLIB, ADMAN, ADMIN, ADMIX, ADOBO, ADOON, ADOWN, ADUKI, ADUNC, AFALD, AFANC, AFFIX, AFFLY, AFION, AFIZZ, AFLAJ, AFLAP, AFLOW, AFOAM, AFOUL, AGAIN, AGAMA, AGAMI, AGAMY, AGGAG, AGIDI, AGILA, AGING, AGLOO, AGLOW, AGOGO, AGONY, AGOOD, AGUNA, AHIGH, AHIND, AHING, AHOLD, AHULL, AIDOI, AIMAG, AIMAK, AINGA, AIOLI, AIYAH, AIYOH, AIYOO, AJIVA, AJUGA, AJUPA, AJWAN, AKING, AKOIA, AKOJA, AKOYA, ALAAP, ALACK, ALALA, ALAMO, ALAND, ALANG, ALAPA, ALBID, ALBUM, ALCID, ALDOL, ALGAL, ALGID, ALGIN, ALGUM, ALIBI, ALICK, ALIGN, ALIYA, ALKIN, ALKYD, ALKYL, ALLAN, ALLAY, ALLIN, ALLOD, ALLOW, ALLOY, ALLYL, ALMAH, ALMUD, ALMUG, ALOHA, ALOIN, ALONG, ALOOF, ALOUD, ALPHA, ALULA, ALUMY, ALWAY, AMAIN, AMBAN, AMICI, AMIDO, AMIGA, AMIGO, AMINO, AMMAN, AMMON, AMNIA, AMNIC, AMNIO, AMONG, AMPLY, AMPUL, AMUCK, ANANA, ANCHO, ANCON, ANDIC, ANGLO, ANIGH, ANIMA, ANIMI, ANION, ANNAL, ANNAN, ANNOY, ANNUL, ANNUM, ANOMY, ANVIL, ANYON, APAID, APAYD, APHID, APIAN, APING, APIOL, APOOP, APPAL, APPAM, APPAY, APPLY, APPUI, APPUY, AUDAD, AUDAX, AUDIO, AULIC, AULOI, AUMIL, AUXIN, AVAIL, AVIAN, AVION, AVOID, AWFUL, AWING, AWKIN, AXIAL, AXING, AXIOM, AXION, AXMAN, AXOID, AYAYA, AYMAG, AZIDO, AZLON, AZOIC, AZUKI, AZYGY, BBALL, BHAJI, BHANG, BHAVA, BHUNA, BIACH, BIALI, BIALY, BIGHA, BILAL, BIMAH, BINAL, BIVIA, BLACK, BLADY, BLAFF, BLAIN, BLANC, BLAND, BLANK, BLAUD, BLAWN, BOBAC, BOBAK, BOCCA, BOGAN, BONZA, BOOAI, BOOAY, BOXLA, BOYAU, BOYLA, BUBAL, BUBBA, BUFFA, BUGAN, BULLA, BUNIA, BUNYA, BWANA, BWAZI, BYLAW, BYWAY, CHAAP, CHACK, CHACO, CHADO, CHAFF, CHAIN, CHALK, CHAMP, CHANA, CHANG, CHANK, CHAVA, CHAWK, CHAWL, CHAYA, CHIAO, CHIBA, CHICA, CHINA, CHIVA, CHOLA, CHUFA, CILIA, CLACH, CLACK, CLAIM, CLAMP, CLANG, CLANK, CLAVI, CLOAK, CLOAM, CNIDA, COACH, COADY, COALA, COALY, COBIA, COBZA, COCOA, COHAB, COLZA, COMAL, COMMA, CONGA, CONIA, COPAL, COPAY, COPHA, COWAL, COWAN, COXAL, COYAU, CUDDA, CULPA, CUPPA, CYANO, CYCAD, DHABA, DIANA, DIAZO, DINNA, DIVAN, DIVNA, DIWAN, DOBLA, DOGAL, DOGAN, DOGMA, DOLIA, DOLMA, DOMAL, DONAH, DONGA, DONNA, DOONA, DOULA, DOUMA, DOWAK, DOWNA, DUCAL, DUKKA, DULIA, DUMKA, DUNAM, DWAAL, DWALM, DWAMY, DWANG, DWAUM, FINAL, FINCA, FLACK, FLAFF, FLAIL, FLAKY, FLAMM, FLAMY, FLANK, FLAVA, FLAWN, FLAWY, FLAXY, FOAMY, FOCAL, FOLIA, FONDA, FUGAL, FULLA, FULWA, FUNDA, GHAZI, GILIA, GINGA, GLADY, GLAIK, GLAMP, GLAND, GLAUM, GLAZY, GLIAL, GLOAM, GNAPI, GNAWN, GOBAN, GOGGA, GOMPA, GONAD, GONIA, GONNA, GOPAK, GOWAN, GUACO, GUANA, GUANO, GUAVA, GUBBA, GULAB, GULAG, GUMMA, GYOZA, HIJAB, HINAU, HOACH, HOAGY, HODAD, HODJA, HOGAN, HOLLA, HONAN, HONDA, HOOHA, HOOKA, HOPAK, HOWAY, HUBBA, HUDNA, HUMAN, HUZZA, HYPHA, IDDAH, IDOLA, IGAPO, ILIAC, ILIAD, ILIAL, IMAGO, IMAGY, IMAUM, INDIA, INGAN, INLAY, INULA, IXNAY, JHALA, JIBBA, JIHAD, JNANA, JOUAL, JUGAL, JULIA, KHADI, KHAKI, KHANA, KHAPH, KHAYA, KHAZI, KHOJA, KHULA, KHYAL, KIACK, KIAKI, KIANG, KIBLA, KIKAY, KINDA, KIPAH, KIPPA, KLANG, KNACK, KOALA, KOBAN, KOGAL, KOKAM, KOPPA, KULAK, KULAN, KWAAI, KYACK, KYANG, LIANA, LIANG, LIGAN, LILAC, LIMAN, LIMAX, LIMBA, LIMMA, LIMPA, LINAC, LINGA, LIWAA, LLAMA, LLANO, LOACH, LOAMY, LOCAL, LOGAN, LOGIA, LOHAN, LONGA, LOOFA, LOUMA, LOWAN, LOYAL, LUACH, LUFFA, MBILA, MBUGA, MIAOU, MIAOW, MIAUL, MIGMA, MIKAN, MIKVA, MILIA, MILPA, MMKAY, MOAKY, MOANA, MOANY, MOCAP, MOCHA, MODAL, MOHUA, MOLAL, MOLLA, MOMMA, MONAD, MONAL, MOOLA, MUGGA, MULAI, MULGA, MULLA, MUNGA, MUNIA, MUNJA, MUVVA, MUZAK, MVULA, MYALL, MYNAH, MYOMA, NDUJA, NGAIO, NGAKA, NGANA, NGAPI, NGOMA, NICAD, NIDAL, NIGGA, NIGUA, NIKAB, NIKAH, NIKAU, NINJA, NIOZA, NIQAB, NIVAL, NIZAM, NODAL, NOGAL, NOMAD, NONAN, NONDA, NONNA, NOPAL, NOUJA, NOVIA, NOWAY, NOXAL, NOYAU, NUBIA, NUCHA, NULLA, NYAFF, NYALA, OBANG, OCCAM, OFFAL, OFLAG, OGHAM, OIDIA, OKAPI, OLIVA, OLLAV, OLONA, OMDAH, OMDDA, OMIAI, OMLAH, ONLAP, ONLAY, OOJAH, OOPAK, OOYAH, OPGAF, OUIJA, OXMAN, OYAMA, PHANG, PHIAL, PHOCA, PHYLA, PHYMA, PIANI, PIANO, PIBAL, PICAL, PIKAU, PILAF, PILAO, PILAU, PILAW, PINAX, PINDA, PINGA, PINNA, PIPAL, PIUMA, PIZZA, PLACK, PLAGA, PLAID, PLAIG, PLAIN, PLANC, PLANH, PLANK, PLAUD, PLAYA, PLAZA, PLICA, POACH, POAKA, POALO, POCAN, PODAL, PODIA, POKAL, POLKA, POMPA, PONGA, POOAY, POOJA, POOKA, POOPA, POPIA, POPPA, POWAN, PUCAN, PUCKA, PUFFA, PUJAH, PUKKA, PULAO, PULKA, PUNGA, PUNKA, PUPAL, PUPPA, PYGAL, PZAZZ, QIBLA, QIPAO, QUACK, QUAFF, QUAIL, QUAKY, QUALM, QUALY, QUANK, QUAWK, QUAYD, QUILA, QUINA, QUOAD, UGALI, UHLAN, ULAMA, ULNAD, ULPAN, UMAMI, UMIAC, UMIAK, UMIAQ, UMMAH, UNAGI, UNBAG, UNBAN, UNCAP, UNCIA, UNDAM, UNGAG, UNICA, UNJAM, UNLAP, UNLAW, UNLAY, UNMAD, UNMAN, UNPAY, UPLAY, UVULA, VIAND, VIFDA, VIGIA, VILLA, VINAL, VINCA, VIOLA, VIVDA, VOBLA, VOCAB, VOCAL, VODKA, VOILA, VOLVA, VULVA, WHACK, WHAMO, WHANG, WHAUP, WHYDA, WICCA, WIGAN, WIGGA, WILGA, WILJA, WINNA, WOADY, WOALD, WOKKA, WOMAN, WONGA, WUNGA, WUXIA, XOANA, XYLAN, YCLAD, YOHAH, YOHAY, YOJAN, YOKAN, YOWZA, YUCCA, YULAN, ZIGAN, ZILLA, ZONAL, ZONDA, ZOPPA, ZUPAN, ZUPPA, ZYGAL

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test ALOIN against the 731 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    731 before → 15 after. This feedback leaves 15 candidates.

    All 15 surviving candidates

    ABACI, ACIDY, ADUKI, AFIZZ, AGAMI, AGIDI, AHIGH, AIMAG, AIMAK, AIYAH, AJIVA, AMICI, AMIGA, APPUI, AZUKI

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 21.468. Information: 4.72 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test AGAMI against the 15 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    15 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    ABACI

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.8. Information: 3.19 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    ABACI

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 4 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 3.

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Hard Mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 731 after. This feedback leaves 731 candidates.

    All 731 surviving candidates

    ABACA, ABACI, ABACK, ABAKA, ABAMP, ABAND, ABAYA, ABJAD, ABJUD, ABLOW, ABMHO, ABOHM, ABOIL, ABOMA, ABOON, ABUNA, ABUZZ, ACCHA, ACCOY, ACHOO, ACIDY, ACING, ACINI, ACMIC, ACOCK, ACOLD, ADAWN, ADDAX, ADDIN, ADDIO, ADHAN, ADHOC, ADLIB, ADMAN, ADMIN, ADMIX, ADOBO, ADOON, ADOWN, ADUKI, ADUNC, AFALD, AFANC, AFFIX, AFFLY, AFION, AFIZZ, AFLAJ, AFLAP, AFLOW, AFOAM, AFOUL, AGAIN, AGAMA, AGAMI, AGAMY, AGGAG, AGIDI, AGILA, AGING, AGLOO, AGLOW, AGOGO, AGONY, AGOOD, AGUNA, AHIGH, AHIND, AHING, AHOLD, AHULL, AIDOI, AIMAG, AIMAK, AINGA, AIOLI, AIYAH, AIYOH, AIYOO, AJIVA, AJUGA, AJUPA, AJWAN, AKING, AKOIA, AKOJA, AKOYA, ALAAP, ALACK, ALALA, ALAMO, ALAND, ALANG, ALAPA, ALBID, ALBUM, ALCID, ALDOL, ALGAL, ALGID, ALGIN, ALGUM, ALIBI, ALICK, ALIGN, ALIYA, ALKIN, ALKYD, ALKYL, ALLAN, ALLAY, ALLIN, ALLOD, ALLOW, ALLOY, ALLYL, ALMAH, ALMUD, ALMUG, ALOHA, ALOIN, ALONG, ALOOF, ALOUD, ALPHA, ALULA, ALUMY, ALWAY, AMAIN, AMBAN, AMICI, AMIDO, AMIGA, AMIGO, AMINO, AMMAN, AMMON, AMNIA, AMNIC, AMNIO, AMONG, AMPLY, AMPUL, AMUCK, ANANA, ANCHO, ANCON, ANDIC, ANGLO, ANIGH, ANIMA, ANIMI, ANION, ANNAL, ANNAN, ANNOY, ANNUL, ANNUM, ANOMY, ANVIL, ANYON, APAID, APAYD, APHID, APIAN, APING, APIOL, APOOP, APPAL, APPAM, APPAY, APPLY, APPUI, APPUY, AUDAD, AUDAX, AUDIO, AULIC, AULOI, AUMIL, AUXIN, AVAIL, AVIAN, AVION, AVOID, AWFUL, AWING, AWKIN, AXIAL, AXING, AXIOM, AXION, AXMAN, AXOID, AYAYA, AYMAG, AZIDO, AZLON, AZOIC, AZUKI, AZYGY, BBALL, BHAJI, BHANG, BHAVA, BHUNA, BIACH, BIALI, BIALY, BIGHA, BILAL, BIMAH, BINAL, BIVIA, BLACK, BLADY, BLAFF, BLAIN, BLANC, BLAND, BLANK, BLAUD, BLAWN, BOBAC, BOBAK, BOCCA, BOGAN, BONZA, BOOAI, BOOAY, BOXLA, BOYAU, BOYLA, BUBAL, BUBBA, BUFFA, BUGAN, BULLA, BUNIA, BUNYA, BWANA, BWAZI, BYLAW, BYWAY, CHAAP, CHACK, CHACO, CHADO, CHAFF, CHAIN, CHALK, CHAMP, CHANA, CHANG, CHANK, CHAVA, CHAWK, CHAWL, CHAYA, CHIAO, CHIBA, CHICA, CHINA, CHIVA, CHOLA, CHUFA, CILIA, CLACH, CLACK, CLAIM, CLAMP, CLANG, CLANK, CLAVI, CLOAK, CLOAM, CNIDA, COACH, COADY, COALA, COALY, COBIA, COBZA, COCOA, COHAB, COLZA, COMAL, COMMA, CONGA, CONIA, COPAL, COPAY, COPHA, COWAL, COWAN, COXAL, COYAU, CUDDA, CULPA, CUPPA, CYANO, CYCAD, DHABA, DIANA, DIAZO, DINNA, DIVAN, DIVNA, DIWAN, DOBLA, DOGAL, DOGAN, DOGMA, DOLIA, DOLMA, DOMAL, DONAH, DONGA, DONNA, DOONA, DOULA, DOUMA, DOWAK, DOWNA, DUCAL, DUKKA, DULIA, DUMKA, DUNAM, DWAAL, DWALM, DWAMY, DWANG, DWAUM, FINAL, FINCA, FLACK, FLAFF, FLAIL, FLAKY, FLAMM, FLAMY, FLANK, FLAVA, FLAWN, FLAWY, FLAXY, FOAMY, FOCAL, FOLIA, FONDA, FUGAL, FULLA, FULWA, FUNDA, GHAZI, GILIA, GINGA, GLADY, GLAIK, GLAMP, GLAND, GLAUM, GLAZY, GLIAL, GLOAM, GNAPI, GNAWN, GOBAN, GOGGA, GOMPA, GONAD, GONIA, GONNA, GOPAK, GOWAN, GUACO, GUANA, GUANO, GUAVA, GUBBA, GULAB, GULAG, GUMMA, GYOZA, HIJAB, HINAU, HOACH, HOAGY, HODAD, HODJA, HOGAN, HOLLA, HONAN, HONDA, HOOHA, HOOKA, HOPAK, HOWAY, HUBBA, HUDNA, HUMAN, HUZZA, HYPHA, IDDAH, IDOLA, IGAPO, ILIAC, ILIAD, ILIAL, IMAGO, IMAGY, IMAUM, INDIA, INGAN, INLAY, INULA, IXNAY, JHALA, JIBBA, JIHAD, JNANA, JOUAL, JUGAL, JULIA, KHADI, KHAKI, KHANA, KHAPH, KHAYA, KHAZI, KHOJA, KHULA, KHYAL, KIACK, KIAKI, KIANG, KIBLA, KIKAY, KINDA, KIPAH, KIPPA, KLANG, KNACK, KOALA, KOBAN, KOGAL, KOKAM, KOPPA, KULAK, KULAN, KWAAI, KYACK, KYANG, LIANA, LIANG, LIGAN, LILAC, LIMAN, LIMAX, LIMBA, LIMMA, LIMPA, LINAC, LINGA, LIWAA, LLAMA, LLANO, LOACH, LOAMY, LOCAL, LOGAN, LOGIA, LOHAN, LONGA, LOOFA, LOUMA, LOWAN, LOYAL, LUACH, LUFFA, MBILA, MBUGA, MIAOU, MIAOW, MIAUL, MIGMA, MIKAN, MIKVA, MILIA, MILPA, MMKAY, MOAKY, MOANA, MOANY, MOCAP, MOCHA, MODAL, MOHUA, MOLAL, MOLLA, MOMMA, MONAD, MONAL, MOOLA, MUGGA, MULAI, MULGA, MULLA, MUNGA, MUNIA, MUNJA, MUVVA, MUZAK, MVULA, MYALL, MYNAH, MYOMA, NDUJA, NGAIO, NGAKA, NGANA, NGAPI, NGOMA, NICAD, NIDAL, NIGGA, NIGUA, NIKAB, NIKAH, NIKAU, NINJA, NIOZA, NIQAB, NIVAL, NIZAM, NODAL, NOGAL, NOMAD, NONAN, NONDA, NONNA, NOPAL, NOUJA, NOVIA, NOWAY, NOXAL, NOYAU, NUBIA, NUCHA, NULLA, NYAFF, NYALA, OBANG, OCCAM, OFFAL, OFLAG, OGHAM, OIDIA, OKAPI, OLIVA, OLLAV, OLONA, OMDAH, OMDDA, OMIAI, OMLAH, ONLAP, ONLAY, OOJAH, OOPAK, OOYAH, OPGAF, OUIJA, OXMAN, OYAMA, PHANG, PHIAL, PHOCA, PHYLA, PHYMA, PIANI, PIANO, PIBAL, PICAL, PIKAU, PILAF, PILAO, PILAU, PILAW, PINAX, PINDA, PINGA, PINNA, PIPAL, PIUMA, PIZZA, PLACK, PLAGA, PLAID, PLAIG, PLAIN, PLANC, PLANH, PLANK, PLAUD, PLAYA, PLAZA, PLICA, POACH, POAKA, POALO, POCAN, PODAL, PODIA, POKAL, POLKA, POMPA, PONGA, POOAY, POOJA, POOKA, POOPA, POPIA, POPPA, POWAN, PUCAN, PUCKA, PUFFA, PUJAH, PUKKA, PULAO, PULKA, PUNGA, PUNKA, PUPAL, PUPPA, PYGAL, PZAZZ, QIBLA, QIPAO, QUACK, QUAFF, QUAIL, QUAKY, QUALM, QUALY, QUANK, QUAWK, QUAYD, QUILA, QUINA, QUOAD, UGALI, UHLAN, ULAMA, ULNAD, ULPAN, UMAMI, UMIAC, UMIAK, UMIAQ, UMMAH, UNAGI, UNBAG, UNBAN, UNCAP, UNCIA, UNDAM, UNGAG, UNICA, UNJAM, UNLAP, UNLAW, UNLAY, UNMAD, UNMAN, UNPAY, UPLAY, UVULA, VIAND, VIFDA, VIGIA, VILLA, VINAL, VINCA, VIOLA, VIVDA, VOBLA, VOCAB, VOCAL, VODKA, VOILA, VOLVA, VULVA, WHACK, WHAMO, WHANG, WHAUP, WHYDA, WICCA, WIGAN, WIGGA, WILGA, WILJA, WINNA, WOADY, WOALD, WOKKA, WOMAN, WONGA, WUNGA, WUXIA, XOANA, XYLAN, YCLAD, YOHAH, YOHAY, YOJAN, YOKAN, YOWZA, YUCCA, YULAN, ZIGAN, ZILLA, ZONAL, ZONDA, ZOPPA, ZUPAN, ZUPPA, ZYGAL

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test ALOIN against the 731 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    731 before → 15 after. This feedback leaves 15 candidates.

    All 15 surviving candidates

    ABACI, ACIDY, ADUKI, AFIZZ, AGAMI, AGIDI, AHIGH, AIMAG, AIMAK, AIYAH, AJIVA, AMICI, AMIGA, APPUI, AZUKI

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 21.468. Information: 4.72 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test AGAMI against the 15 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    15 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    ABACI

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.8. Information: 3.19 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    ABACI

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 4 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 3.

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How the fixed opener panel performs on this answer

OpenerFirst feedbackSurvivorsNormalHard Mode
TARSE01000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)73144
CRANE10200 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)5155
SLATE00200 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)21955
ADIEU20100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)7243
STARE00200 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)19244
AUDIO20010 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)10344
RAISE01100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)25844
ROATE00200 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)40955
SALET01000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)74955
Normal mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 5 · 5 guesses: 4 · 6 guesses: 0 · Failed in six: 0
Hard Mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 1 · 4 guesses: 4 · 5 guesses: 4 · 6 guesses: 0 · Failed in six: 0

The nine openers use the same pool and continuation policy. Across both modes: 3–5 guesses among successes; 0 of 18 configurations failed. This is performance on this answer, not an overall opener ranking.

47 openers set up a two-turn opportunity; examples include BRAIN, BITCH, BRICK, CABIN, BIRCH, BRAID, ALIBI, BAMBI, LABIA, AMARI. After their feedback, this answer is among the most likely survivors with at least half the model probability. This is an opportunity, not a guarantee. An opener that immediately solves is excluded.

Why this answer can be difficult

The answer contains 2 copies of A. Feedback allocates exact matches before misplaced copies; a grey duplicate does not erase another coloured copy.

Vocabulary evidence and voluntary player results are reported separately from these solver observations.

A lesson from this route

This route identifies the answer on turn 3. Identifying a unique candidate and submitting it are separate actions.

Try another opener or a different move

How this is calculated

The current policy checks all remaining candidates and up to 128 fixed probes. At six or fewer candidates it uses bounded lookahead, preferring modelled six-turn success, then speed among successes. Larger states use expected survivors as a heuristic. These are recommendations, not proofs of optimal play. Hard Mode retains green positions and revealed letter counts; it allows grey letters and a yellow in the same position. Candidate-only play is stricter.

Methods and limitations

Feedback distribution

ABACI can come back 59 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

643 answers
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Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3A1C3I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Try next

SOREL TRINE TALER STURE LOURE BLUER

Strategy after playing ABACI

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to ABACI.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABACI:

27% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
16% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.9% →
SOREL 6.06 bits
16.1% →
TRINE 5.41 bits
11.1% →
TALER 5.53 bits
6.9% →
STURE 5.01 bits
4.6% →
LOURE 5.47 bits
4.2% →
BLUER 5.16 bits
2.6% →
SHUTE 4.51 bits
2.6% →
TRONE 4.87 bits
2.5% →
COREY 4.57 bits
2.2% →
CLONE 4.28 bits

Research on ABACI

Game-tree analysis and word research for ABACI, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with ABACI, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.84 guesses and ranks #12,190 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.97 guesses at best and is rank #5,601 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.82, at or below the proven-optimal 3.84, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
ABACI sits in the rare band of the wordfreq scale, appearing less than once per million words in the source corpus. Corpus frequency does not measure every reader’s familiarity.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0).