Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ABORN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

born, begotten, created, developed

Verb

past participle of abear

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 ABORN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABORN 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,745 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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.

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABORN 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,745 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABORN ranks #2,745 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
16
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:
ANOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
24%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

349
283
208
146
144
118
87
81
79
52
44
43
42
42
41
39
34
31
29
22
20
19
19
17
16
16
16
15
15
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABORN:

15% chance
Suggested:
STILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SUITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8%
STILE 6.16 bits
12.0%
SLATE 5.72 bits
8.8%
SUITE 5.29 bits
6.2%
CASTE 4.82 bits
6.1%
SEITY 5.21 bits
5.0%
TUILE 4.83 bits
3.7%
SHULE 4.68 bits
3.4%
SALET 4.42 bits
3.4%
ROWER 4.14 bits
2.2%
SIDLE 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3O1R1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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