5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ABEAM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈbiːm//əˈbim/

Adverb

On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 90° or 270° relative.

Adverb

Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.

Adjective

Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.

“The island was directly abeam of us.”

Preposition

Alongside.

“She came abeam the crippled ship.”

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 ABEAM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABEAM 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,334 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___M A in the 1st position and M in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

SOILY RIONE SLART SETER MUSTY BUILT
Words starting with A Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% 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 ABEAM 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
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,334 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABEAM ranks #12,334 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
684
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
22
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
3 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
20%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

543
447
279
182
115
87
75
60
55
54
45
39
36
31
29
24
23
23
13
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8
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7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABEAM:

23% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
19% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
SOILY 5.65 bits
19.0% →
RIONE 5.23 bits
11.8% →
SLART 5.23 bits
7.7% →
SLART 5.07 bits
4.9% →
SETER 4.72 bits
3.7% →
MUSTY 4.77 bits
3.2% →
BUILT 4.86 bits
2.5% →
BELIE 4.49 bits
2.3% →
MOIRE 4.48 bits
2.3% →
CORAL 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3E1A1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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