5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

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.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈbaʊ̯t//əˈbɐʊ̯t//əˈbʌʊ̯t/

Preposition

In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.

“The snake was coiled about his ankle.”

Preposition

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

On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.

“I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me.”

Adverb

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

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 27, 2023 (#738).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ABOUT performs as a guess

ABOUT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 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 v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,279 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

A___T A in the 1st position and T in the 5th position A__U_ A in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _B__T B in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SILER LOWER SLICE CRISE TARTE
Words starting with A Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,279 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABOUT ranks #6,279 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
247
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
3 vowels
Common:
AOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B L O A T
A B O U T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ABOUT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

373
368
160
159
128
122
103
74
69
56
55
49
46
43
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35
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABOUT:

16% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
16% chance
Suggested:
SILER
7% chance
Suggested:
LOWER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
CARLE 5.56 bits
15.6% →
SILER 5.83 bits
6.8% →
LOWER 4.85 bits
6.7% →
SLICE 5.02 bits
5.4% →
CRISE 4.64 bits
5.2% →
TARTE 4.91 bits
4.4% →
SHIRE 5.18 bits
3.1% →
SLIER 5.14 bits
2.9% →
MOLAR 4.62 bits
2.4% →
BLADE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3O1U1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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