5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ADLIB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of ad lib.

Verb

Alternative form of ad lib.

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 ADLIB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ADLIB 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 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,645 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE SIENT REAST COSEY DRONE
Words starting with A Words ending with B

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ADLIB 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,645 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ADLIB ranks #4,645 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
17%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

495
352
240
144
143
105
60
59
57
51
47
46
39
35
28
28
24
23
22
21
20
20
15
14
14
13
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADLIB:

21% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
TORSE 6.35 bits
14.9% →
TARSE 5.70 bits
10.2% →
SIENT 5.45 bits
6.1% →
REAST 4.81 bits
6.1% →
COSEY 4.84 bits
4.5% →
DRONE 5.26 bits
2.5% →
STILE 4.18 bits
2.5% →
RUOTE 4.96 bits
2.4% →
DRONE 4.52 bits
2.2% →
DRONE 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2L1I1B3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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