5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

ABLED

ABLED is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bl̩d/

Adjective

Having a range of physical powers as specified.

Noun

A person who has no disability.

Verb

simple past and past participle of able

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 ABLED performs as a guess

ABLED is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,632 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _B__D B in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST TORSE CARAT SENOR STARE SOULY
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABLED 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,632 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABLED ranks #4,632 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
870
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
10
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
A B L E D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ABLED in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

390
259
244
132
126
115
100
61
55
55
53
52
38
37
37
33
32
30
26
25
23
20
20
18
17
17
17
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABLED:

17% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
11% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
HOIST 6.03 bits
11.0% →
TORSE 5.40 bits
10.3% →
CARAT 5.12 bits
5.6% →
SENOR 4.43 bits
5.3% →
STARE 4.89 bits
4.9% →
SOULY 4.60 bits
4.2% →
COAST 4.39 bits
2.6% →
SUETE 4.35 bits
2.3% →
BURNT 4.77 bits
2.3% →
REATE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3L1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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