5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ABLOW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈbloʊ/

Adjective

Blossoming, blooming, in blossom.

Adjective

Blowing or being blown; windy.

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 ABLOW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABLOW 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,571 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___W A in the 1st position and W in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

TRINE TARSE RONTE SLIER REAST CRUET
Words starting with A Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABLOW 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
0.69 Volatility
#8,571 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABLOW ranks #8,571 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
8

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
16%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

530
376
278
164
154
66
54
51
51
48
46
43
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27
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABLOW:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
16% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
TRINE 6.14 bits
15.9% →
TARSE 5.60 bits
11.8% →
RONTE 5.37 bits
7.0% →
SLIER 5.07 bits
6.5% →
REAST 4.73 bits
2.8% →
CRUET 5.17 bits
2.3% →
SCOTE 4.38 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 4.37 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 4.98 bits
2.0% →
SENTE 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3L1O1W4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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