5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ABIUS

ABIUS 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

Noun

plural of abiu

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 ABIUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABIUS 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,273 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__U_ A in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _B__S B in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE TONER RONTE THALE CRONE PORTE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABIUS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,273 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABIUS ranks #8,273 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
21
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
3 vowels
Common:
AISU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
21%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

376
357
190
162
157
154
114
69
68
66
62
59
57
42
35
34
29
24
20
20
18
15
15
14
14
14
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABIUS:

16% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
15% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
CARLE 5.57 bits
15.1% →
TONER 5.76 bits
8.1% →
RONTE 5.07 bits
6.9% →
THALE 4.95 bits
6.7% →
CRONE 5.03 bits
6.5% →
PORTE 5.15 bits
4.8% →
TRONE 4.89 bits
2.9% →
SHUNT 4.14 bits
2.9% →
TRONE 4.07 bits
2.8% →
PLORE 5.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3I1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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