5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ABOON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈbuːn//əˈbʏn/

Adverb

Above.

Preposition

Above.

Adjective

Above.

Noun

Above.

Alternative forms: abune, abun

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 ABOON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABOON 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 288 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,377 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___N A in the 1st position and N in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

SLIER TARSE SUITE CRUET STURE SALET
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
288 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABOON 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,377 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABOON ranks #11,377 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
724
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
23
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
23%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

591
472
178
172
103
98
85
64
62
50
45
30
27
24
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABOON:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
20% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SUITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
SLIER 6.07 bits
20.0% →
TARSE 5.59 bits
7.5% →
SUITE 5.24 bits
7.3% →
CRUET 5.04 bits
4.4% →
STURE 4.88 bits
4.2% →
SALET 4.38 bits
3.6% →
BLUER 5.10 bits
2.7% →
BALER 4.56 bits
2.6% →
STIRE 4.81 bits
2.1% →
MORAL 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3O1O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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