5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ABURN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈbɜː(ɹ)n/

Adjective

burning

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 ABURN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABURN 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,043 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___N A in the 1st position and N in the 5th position A__R_ A in the 1st position and R in the 4th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TOISE CARTE SLIME SALET
Words starting with A Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABURN 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,043 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABURN ranks #5,043 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
20
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:
ANRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
23%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

398
291
247
165
137
102
80
58
54
51
51
50
44
42
42
41
37
28
27
25
24
22
22
20
20
17
17
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABURN:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
TOILE 6.10 bits
12.3% →
SLATE 5.66 bits
10.5% →
TOISE 5.33 bits
7.0% →
CARTE 4.76 bits
5.8% →
TOISE 5.33 bits
4.3% →
SLIME 4.64 bits
3.4% →
SALET 4.48 bits
2.5% →
SURER 4.59 bits
2.3% →
CLOSE 4.65 bits
2.2% →
STOLE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3U1R1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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