5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CABOC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of Caboc

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 CABOC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CABOC 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 298 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,037 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___C C in the 1st position and C in the 5th position C__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__C A in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE RONTE TRINE TUILE TONAL
Words starting with C Words ending with C

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
298 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CABOC 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,037 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CABOC ranks #12,037 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
734
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
321
6 guesses
19
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
27%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

637
355
311
192
91
73
66
66
51
44
41
38
37
34
34
20
19
19
16
14
14
12
11
11
9
9
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CABOC:

27% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
SLIER 6.07 bits
15.1% →
SLATE 5.61 bits
13.2% →
RONTE 5.31 bits
8.1% →
TRINE 4.64 bits
3.9% →
TUILE 4.86 bits
3.1% →
SLIER 4.96 bits
2.8% →
TRINE 4.15 bits
2.8% →
TONAL 4.40 bits
2.2% →
SHIRE 4.63 bits
1.9% →
LEAST 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1B3O1C3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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