5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ABETS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈbɛts/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of abet

Noun

plural of abet

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 ABETS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABETS 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,764 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__T_ A in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _B__S B in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD RIONE CAIRN LARGE SLINK TOUGH
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABETS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,764 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABETS ranks #3,764 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
15
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
20%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

303
289
207
127
112
96
94
83
78
72
64
52
49
46
45
39
35
35
34
33
29
26
25
21
21
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABETS:

13% chance
Suggested:
COULD
12% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
COULD 5.62 bits
12.3% →
RIONE 5.25 bits
8.8% →
CAIRN 5.19 bits
5.4% →
LARGE 4.85 bits
4.7% →
SLINK 4.77 bits
4.1% →
TOUGH 4.87 bits
4.0% →
SNORE 4.61 bits
3.5% →
SNARL 4.37 bits
3.3% →
TIMER 4.67 bits
3.1% →
TAINT 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3E1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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