5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AROBA

AROBA 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

Alternative spelling of araba.

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 AROBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AROBA 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,879 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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 _R__A R in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

STILE LEAST SEINE CONTE SERRY SHULE
Words starting with A Words ending with A

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 AROBA 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#10,879 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AROBA ranks #10,879 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
755
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
312
6 guesses
28
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
3 vowels
Common:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
27%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

509
343
194
181
137
109
100
93
66
63
49
46
43
38
29
28
22
20
18
16
15
14
14
13
13
12
11
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AROBA:

22% chance
Suggested:
STILE
15% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
STILE 6.08 bits
14.5% →
LEAST 5.60 bits
8.2% →
SEINE 5.12 bits
7.7% →
CONTE 4.98 bits
5.8% →
SERRY 4.51 bits
4.6% →
SHULE 4.59 bits
4.2% →
SORER 4.27 bits
3.9% →
SPITE 4.72 bits
2.8% →
SIENT 3.98 bits
2.7% →
BLITE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1O1B3A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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