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ADOBE

Yes, ADOBE was the Wordle answer on July 29, 2021 (Wordle #40).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈdəʊ.bi//əˈdoʊ.bi/

Noun

An unburnt brick dried in the sun.

“Many people in Texas and New Mexico live in adobe houses.”

Noun

The earth from which such bricks are made.

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: July 29, 2021 (#40).

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

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How ADOBE performs as a guess

ADOBE 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,134 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__B_ A in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _D__E D in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ADOBE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,134 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ADOBE ranks #6,134 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
11
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)
87%
Green tile
31%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ADOBE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

298
284
234
131
127
124
110
102
71
71
61
50
48
45
41
36
35
31
29
28
27
22
22
20
17
16
16
15
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADOBE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SPILT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
SETER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
SPILT 5.70 bits
12.0% →
SLART 5.28 bits
9.9% →
SETER 5.57 bits
5.6% →
METAL 4.63 bits
5.4% →
COURT 4.90 bits
5.3% →
SIREN 4.60 bits
4.7% →
SLANT 4.28 bits
4.3% →
SLART 4.59 bits
3.0% →
VOTER 4.11 bits
3.0% →
CAROL 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2O1B3E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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