5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ABELE

ABELE 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: /əˈbiːl//əˈbeɪl//ˈeɪ.bl̩/

Noun

The white poplar (Populus alba).

Alternative forms: arbeal

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 ABELE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABELE 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,328 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _B__E B in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST CARAT TONER CRISE CLOUT SONAR
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABELE 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,328 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABELE ranks #9,328 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
802
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
285
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
34%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

469
291
203
142
112
103
75
69
60
60
50
49
41
39
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37
35
29
29
23
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19
16
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABELE:

20% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
12% chance
Suggested:
CARAT
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
HOIST 5.92 bits
12.3% →
CARAT 5.04 bits
8.6% →
TONER 5.08 bits
6.0% →
CRISE 4.60 bits
4.7% →
CLOUT 4.65 bits
4.4% →
SONAR 4.41 bits
3.2% →
STAIR 4.05 bits
2.9% →
REACT 4.36 bits
2.5% →
DRILL 4.01 bits
2.5% →
BURNT 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3E1L1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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