5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ABACS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of abac

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 ABACS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABACS 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 297 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,274 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__C_ A in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _B__S B in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TOILE TALER NOIRE TRIDE SHITE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
297 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABACS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,274 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABACS ranks #10,274 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
753
4 guesses
1,302
5 guesses
246
6 guesses
15

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
25%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

684
314
237
125
124
106
84
81
75
73
65
47
28
23
22
20
18
17
16
14
14
14
14
13
11
9
9
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABACS:

29% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
RIONE 5.97 bits
13.3% →
TOILE 5.37 bits
10.0% →
TALER 5.48 bits
5.3% →
NOIRE 5.43 bits
5.3% →
TOILE 5.40 bits
4.5% →
TRIDE 5.02 bits
3.6% →
SHITE 4.10 bits
3.4% →
TUILE 4.64 bits
3.2% →
PALET 4.65 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3A1C3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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