5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ABBED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Having visible abdominal muscles; having abs.

Adjective

Having abdominal muscles of a specified kind.

Verb

simple past and past participle of ab

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 ABBED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABBED 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 265 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,181 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _B__D B in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SLART STIRE SENOR DROIT BUILT
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
265 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABBED 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,181 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABBED ranks #13,181 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
633
4 guesses
1,317
5 guesses
339
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
25%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

535
364
332
190
177
65
65
63
60
50
40
40
33
31
29
29
25
19
19
19
14
12
10
9
9
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABBED:

23% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
HOIST 5.86 bits
15.4% →
SLART 5.26 bits
14.1% →
STIRE 5.30 bits
8.1% →
SLART 5.29 bits
7.5% →
SENOR 4.43 bits
2.8% →
DROIT 4.59 bits
2.8% →
BUILT 4.65 bits
2.7% →
NOIRE 4.43 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.24 bits
2.1% →
LATER 3.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3B3E1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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