5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CADGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kæd͡ʒ/

Verb

To beg.

Verb

To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.

“Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?”

Noun

A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

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 CADGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CADGE 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,479 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__G_ C in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST RESET TRAIL TOISE SONLY TOUCH
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CADGE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,479 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CADGE ranks #3,479 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
13
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
38%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

373
265
199
145
113
84
81
78
76
67
60
57
40
38
35
34
31
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29
26
24
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22
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CADGE:

16% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
11% chance
Suggested:
RESET
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
HOIST 5.88 bits
11.2% →
RESET 5.41 bits
8.4% →
TRAIL 5.30 bits
6.1% →
TOISE 4.55 bits
4.8% →
SONLY 4.72 bits
3.6% →
TOUCH 4.66 bits
3.4% →
SLART 4.89 bits
3.3% →
GROUT 4.95 bits
3.2% →
WORLD 4.76 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1D2G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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