ABOUT
Yes, ABOUT was the Wordle answer on June 27, 2023 (Wordle #738).
As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /əˈbaʊ̯t//əˈbɐʊ̯t//əˈbʌʊ̯t/
- Preposition
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In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.
“The snake was coiled about his ankle.”
- Preposition
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Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
“Rubbish was strewn about the place.”
- Adverb
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On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.
“I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me.”
- Adverb
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Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
“Bits of old machinery were lying about.”
Alternative forms: aboot, abowt, a., ab.
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
Wordle status
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Playable guess
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Possible answer
YesIncluded among the answers considered by the solver.
Past Wordle answer
Used oncePast Wordle answer: June 27, 2023 (#738).
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ABOUT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,374 when every answer is treated as equally likely.
Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #6,279 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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First-turn measures
All four describe ABOUT used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous benchmark
How ABOUT 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Example solver route
One example route used by the solver.
This solver benchmark reaches ABOUT in 3 guesses.
Feedback distribution
ABOUT can come back 99 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for ABOUT; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
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Words With Friends
Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
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Strategy after playing ABOUT
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to ABOUT.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing ABOUT:
Research on ABOUT
Game-tree analysis and word research for ABOUT, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with ABOUT, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.72 guesses and ranks #6,425 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
In hard mode it averages 3.85 guesses at best and is rank #2,713 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.69, at or below the proven-optimal 3.72, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
How it sounds
Two syllables, stress on the second syllable Say it UHBOWT.
Related meanings
Synonyms some most around almost near nearly
Opposites inactive
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- ABOUT sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 2,512 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
- Learner level
- Appears in beginner learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level A1); among the first words English learners study.
In a sentence
It is not about that.
I like that about you.
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS.