5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ABIES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæbɪˌiːz//ˈeɪbiˌiz//ˈæbiˌiz/

Noun

A tree of the genus Abies.

Noun

A tannin made from the barks of firs and spruces.

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 ABIES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABIES 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 89.9% of games, misses completely in 10.1%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,617 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _B__S B in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRULY CARAT RONTE CRATE TONER MINTY
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABIES 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,617 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABIES ranks #6,617 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
30%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

239
222
178
147
126
124
114
110
87
71
63
54
52
48
48
47
47
42
38
36
35
30
29
29
26
22
18
17
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABIES:

10% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
9% chance
Suggested:
CARAT
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.1% →
TRULY 5.40 bits
9.4% →
CARAT 5.11 bits
7.5% →
RONTE 5.05 bits
6.2% →
CRATE 4.95 bits
5.3% →
TONER 4.31 bits
5.3% →
MINTY 4.58 bits
4.8% →
SHUNT 4.78 bits
4.7% →
SHALT 4.62 bits
3.7% →
PORTE 4.60 bits
3.0% →
CRONE 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3I1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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