5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

AMEBA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈmiːbə/

Noun

Alternative spelling of amoeba.

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 AMEBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AMEBA 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 76.9% of games, misses completely in 23.1%, and leaves about 287 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,720 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___A A in the 1st position and A in the 5th position A__B_ A in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _M__A M in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY RIONE SLART SETER MOUTH BUILT
Words starting with A Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
287 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMEBA 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,720 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMEBA ranks #12,720 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
648
4 guesses
1,298
5 guesses
326
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
18%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

544
447
315
200
115
92
68
56
53
47
45
40
31
29
28
25
18
14
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8
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6
6
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5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMEBA:

23% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
19% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
SOILY 5.65 bits
18.9% →
RIONE 5.23 bits
13.4% →
SLART 5.33 bits
8.5% →
SLART 4.96 bits
4.9% →
SETER 4.72 bits
3.9% →
MOUTH 4.87 bits
2.9% →
BUILT 4.70 bits
2.4% →
BELIE 4.43 bits
2.2% →
MOIRE 4.42 bits
2.0% →
CAROM 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3E1B3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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