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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

ABOVE

Yes, ABOVE was the Wordle answer on March 2, 2023 (Wordle #621).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈbʌv//əˈbʊv/

Preposition

Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.

“He always put his coat on above his sweater.”

Preposition

In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.

Adverb

Directly overhead; vertically on top of.

Adverb

Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.

Alternative forms: aboue

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: March 2, 2023 (#621).

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

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How ABOVE performs as a guess

ABOVE 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,685 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__V_ A in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _B__E B in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SPILT SLART SETER COURT METAL SIREN
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABOVE 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,685 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABOVE ranks #10,685 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
732
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
295
6 guesses
15
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:
AEO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A B L E D
A B O V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ABOVE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

333
317
278
160
145
142
128
92
71
69
46
43
40
39
39
25
25
23
20
20
18
18
17
16
16
16
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABOVE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SPILT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART
12% chance
Suggested:
SETER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
SPILT 5.62 bits
13.4% →
SLART 5.21 bits
11.8% →
SETER 5.46 bits
6.8% →
COURT 4.82 bits
6.1% →
METAL 4.68 bits
6.0% →
SIREN 4.43 bits
5.4% →
STOOL 4.28 bits
3.9% →
SLART 4.55 bits
3.0% →
TOWER 4.11 bits
2.9% →
MOLAR 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3O1V4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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