5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ABEYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 ABEYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABEYS 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,649 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__Y_ A in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _B__S B in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE COUNT CAIRN CARLE SPOUT DIMLY
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% 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 ABEYS 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
0.70 Volatility
#9,649 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABEYS ranks #9,649 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
761
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
247
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
15%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

344
295
226
155
140
137
114
96
67
57
56
55
55
54
49
45
43
34
33
27
27
27
21
18
17
12
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABEYS:

15% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
10% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.6% →
RIONE 5.20 bits
12.5% →
COUNT 5.93 bits
9.6% →
CAIRN 5.14 bits
6.6% →
CARLE 4.84 bits
5.9% →
SPOUT 4.90 bits
5.8% →
DIMLY 4.40 bits
4.8% →
SNORE 4.63 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.74 bits
2.8% →
TARDY 4.06 bits
2.4% →
CRUET 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3E1Y4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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