5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

CABAL

CABAL is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kəˈbɑːl//kəˈbæl/

Noun

A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.

“The cabal is plotting to ruin the world.”

Noun

A secret plot.

“The cabal to destroy the building was foiled by federal agents.”

Verb

To engage in the activities of a cabal.

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

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 CABAL performs as a guess

CABAL 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 67.8% of games, misses completely in 32.2%, and leaves about 308 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,131 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.

C___L C in the 1st position and L in the 5th position C__A_ C in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE STIRE TORSE SLATE IRONE ROUTE
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
308 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CABAL 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,131 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CABAL ranks #8,131 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
18
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:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
31%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
C A B A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CABAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

760
200
195
142
119
84
79
76
59
46
44
37
35
32
30
28
25
24
23
22
22
21
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15
12
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CABAL:

32% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.2% →
TOISE 6.11 bits
8.5% →
STIRE 5.42 bits
8.3% →
TOISE 5.21 bits
6.0% →
TORSE 4.88 bits
5.0% →
TOISE 5.27 bits
3.6% →
SLATE 4.62 bits
3.4% →
IRONE 5.13 bits
3.2% →
ROUTE 5.24 bits
2.5% →
SOWER 4.34 bits
2.0% →
TRODE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1B3A1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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