5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ARBAS

ARBAS 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 arba

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 ARBAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARBAS 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,166 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position AR_AS A in the 1st position, R in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ROUET LANCE CONTE THALE MATEY
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
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARBAS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,166 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARBAS ranks #9,166 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
794
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
17
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
2 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
26%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
257
235
219
127
126
108
85
75
58
55
48
28
24
22
21
17
17
17
16
15
14
14
13
12
11
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARBAS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
TOILE 6.08 bits
10.9% →
TOILE 5.46 bits
10.0% →
ROUET 4.99 bits
9.3% →
LANCE 5.36 bits
5.4% →
CONTE 4.81 bits
5.3% →
THALE 4.83 bits
4.6% →
MATEY 4.43 bits
3.6% →
SUITE 4.66 bits
3.2% →
TOILE 5.05 bits
2.5% →
CLONE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1B3A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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