5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ABOMA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.0% of possible answers.

Open Solver with ABOMA Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈboʊ.mə/

Noun

Any of the large South American serpents from the genus Boa or related genera.

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 ABOMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABOMA 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 70.5% of games, misses completely in 29.5%, and leaves about 353 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,898 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___A A in the 1st position and A in the 5th position A__M_ A in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _B__A B in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER REAST RONTE CRUSE SIDEY TRADE
Words starting with A Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
353 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABOMA 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,898 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABOMA ranks #12,898 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
678
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
365
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
20%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

695
479
237
173
94
70
62
59
55
49
46
31
29
21
19
18
17
14
13
12
12
11
11
10
8
6
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABOMA:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
20% chance
Suggested:
REAST
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.5% →
SLIER 6.03 bits
20.3% →
REAST 5.57 bits
10.1% →
RONTE 5.21 bits
7.3% →
CRUSE 4.64 bits
4.0% →
SLIER 5.08 bits
3.0% →
SIDEY 4.89 bits
2.6% →
TRADE 4.65 bits
2.5% →
LATER 4.44 bits
2.3% →
CARLE 4.52 bits
2.1% →
TRINE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3O1M3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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