5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AMBOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ambo

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 AMBOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AMBOS 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,975 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE CARTE TRONE STILE STALE RONTE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMBOS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,975 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMBOS ranks #7,975 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
15%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

473
354
247
213
160
93
71
67
63
60
48
42
39
39
28
18
18
17
17
15
14
14
14
13
12
10
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMBOS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
15% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
TRINE 6.07 bits
15.0% →
CARTE 5.55 bits
10.5% →
TRONE 5.16 bits
9.0% →
STILE 5.35 bits
6.8% →
STALE 4.96 bits
3.9% →
RONTE 4.69 bits
3.0% →
MERCY 4.70 bits
2.8% →
TUILE 4.87 bits
2.7% →
TRINE 4.83 bits
2.5% →
MAARE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3B3O1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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