5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ABORD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈbɔːd//əˈbɔɹd/

Verb

Alternative form of aboard.

Noun

The act of approaching or arriving; approach.

Noun

A road, or means of approach.

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 ABORD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABORD 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,075 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___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__R_ A in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _B__D B in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT SLATE SEINE CASTE CONTE SHULE
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABORD 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,075 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABORD ranks #4,075 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
13
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:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
24%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
334
202
143
135
100
80
64
52
51
50
44
41
40
38
37
36
32
31
28
25
24
19
19
18
14
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABORD:

18% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SEINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
SIENT 6.13 bits
14.2% →
SLATE 5.63 bits
8.6% →
SEINE 5.19 bits
6.1% →
CASTE 4.80 bits
5.7% →
CONTE 5.06 bits
4.2% →
SHULE 4.59 bits
3.4% →
TORSE 4.26 bits
2.7% →
DEIGN 4.76 bits
2.2% →
STILE 4.73 bits
2.2% →
CLINE 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3O1R1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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