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ABYSS

Yes, ABYSS was the Wordle answer on October 23, 2021 (Wordle #126).

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈbɪs//æˈbɪs/

Noun

Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.

Noun

A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.

Alternative forms: abysm, abyssus, abime

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: October 23, 2021 (#126).

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

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How ABYSS performs as a guess

ABYSS 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 70.5% of games, misses completely in 29.5%, and leaves about 336 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,986 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__S_ A in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _B__S B in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE CARLE MOILE LEANT TOILE DROLE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.63 Entropy (bits)
336 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABYSS 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,986 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABYSS ranks #12,986 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
664
4 guesses
1,312
5 guesses
317
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
15%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
A B Y S S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ABYSS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

696
408
225
183
123
115
94
79
66
65
41
32
24
22
13
12
11
11
10
10
9
8
8
6
6
6
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABYSS:

30% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
17% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.5% →
TRINE 6.17 bits
17.3% →
CARLE 5.53 bits
9.5% →
TRINE 5.26 bits
7.8% →
MOILE 4.59 bits
5.2% →
LEANT 4.73 bits
4.9% →
TOILE 5.30 bits
4.0% →
DROLE 4.94 bits
3.4% →
TARDY 4.17 bits
2.8% →
ROUTE 4.90 bits
2.8% →
BLORE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1B3Y4S1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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