5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ABSEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

ABC; alphabet.

Noun

Absey book; abecedary.

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 ABSEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABSEY 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,738 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___Y A in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

COUNT TRINE CAIRN OLDER SPOUT CRATE
Words starting with A Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABSEY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,738 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABSEY ranks #8,738 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
17
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
35%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

295
235
226
166
150
140
120
115
96
60
57
55
54
42
41
38
36
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28
27
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABSEY:

13% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
COUNT 5.93 bits
10.0% →
TRINE 5.30 bits
9.6% →
CAIRN 5.14 bits
7.0% →
OLDER 4.18 bits
6.4% →
SPOUT 5.04 bits
5.9% →
CRATE 4.89 bits
5.1% →
DIMLY 3.96 bits
4.9% →
SNORE 4.36 bits
4.1% →
SHALT 4.56 bits
2.5% →
TARDY 3.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3S1E1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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