5 FiveLetterWords
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ABODE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈbəʊd//əˈboʊd/[ʔəˈboʊːd̥̚]

Noun

A residence, dwelling or habitation.

“of no fixed abode”

Verb

simple past and past participle of abide

Noun

Act of waiting; delay.

Verb

To bode; to foreshow; to presage.

Alternative forms: aboad, abood

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 ABODE performs as a guess

ABODE 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,786 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__D_ A in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _B__E B in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SPILT SLART SETER METAL COURT SIREN
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.1% 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 ABODE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,786 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABODE ranks #5,786 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
830
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
11
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:
AEO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
31%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ABODE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

298
284
234
131
127
124
110
102
71
71
59
48
42
41
38
35
33
31
31
27
23
22
21
17
17
16
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABODE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SPILT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
SETER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
SPILT 5.70 bits
12.0% →
SLART 5.28 bits
9.9% →
SETER 5.57 bits
5.6% →
METAL 4.63 bits
5.4% →
COURT 4.90 bits
5.3% →
SIREN 4.60 bits
4.7% →
SLANT 4.28 bits
4.3% →
SLART 4.59 bits
3.0% →
VOTER 4.11 bits
3.0% →
CAROL 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3O1D2E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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