5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CACTI

Yes, CACTI was the Wordle answer on December 2, 2025 (Wordle #1627).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkæktaɪ/

Noun

plural of cactus

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 2, 2025 (#1627).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CACTI performs as a guess

CACTI is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,359 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___I C in the 1st position and I in the 5th position C__T_ C in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER LEARN SIDLE SOREL SIENT LEAST
Words starting with C Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CACTI 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,359 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CACTI ranks #10,359 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIT

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
S N I P Y
C A C T I

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CACTI in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

515
285
280
169
149
107
104
60
60
56
51
40
36
35
35
33
24
24
22
20
20
20
19
18
16
12
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CACTI:

22% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
12% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
12% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
SOLER 5.98 bits
12.1% →
LEARN 5.37 bits
11.9% →
SIDLE 5.34 bits
7.2% →
SOREL 5.52 bits
6.3% →
SOREL 4.76 bits
4.5% →
SIENT 4.44 bits
4.4% →
LEAST 5.07 bits
2.5% →
ALANE 4.68 bits
2.5% →
DROLE 4.98 bits
2.4% →
LOURE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1C3T1I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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