5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ABNET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæb.nət/

Noun

The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.

Alternative forms: abanet

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 ABNET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABNET 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,539 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___T A in the 1st position and T in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _B__T B in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY CLARY DORSE SCALE SOLAR SOUTH
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABNET 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,539 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABNET ranks #3,539 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
918
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
15
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:
AENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

306
219
207
127
125
100
89
68
66
64
58
49
48
46
35
34
32
31
30
30
28
28
28
27
23
23
22
20
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABNET:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
CLARY
9% chance
Suggested:
DORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
SOILY 5.62 bits
9.3% →
CLARY 5.13 bits
8.8% →
DORSE 5.23 bits
5.4% →
SCALE 4.68 bits
5.3% →
SOLAR 4.00 bits
4.2% →
SOUTH 5.01 bits
3.8% →
SOILY 4.70 bits
2.9% →
SHITE 4.47 bits
2.8% →
LAIRY 4.22 bits
2.7% →
SHIRE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3N1E1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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