5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ABEAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈbɛə/[əˈbɛː]/əˈbɛɹ/

Verb

To put up with; to endure; to bear.

Verb

To bear; to carry.

Noun

Bearing, behavior.

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 ABEAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABEAR 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,312 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___R A in the 1st position and R in the 5th position A__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE SLANT COURT STALE POISE
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABEAR 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
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,312 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABEAR ranks #10,312 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
766
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
303
6 guesses
19
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
26%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

442
277
213
176
132
129
102
98
80
58
49
41
39
34
34
29
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABEAR:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
11.7% →
TOILE 5.39 bits
9.0% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
7.5% →
COURT 5.14 bits
5.6% →
STALE 4.92 bits
5.5% →
POISE 4.60 bits
4.3% →
SOILY 3.46 bits
4.2% →
CHART 4.45 bits
3.4% →
SLEET 4.87 bits
2.5% →
BLUNT 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3E1A1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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