Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

CAESE

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

No dictionary definition for CAESE is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 CAESE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAESE 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #6,344 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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First-turn measures

All four describe CAESE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.07 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How CAESE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#6,344 Rank among openers
Opening with CAESE left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.69 average. It ranks #6,344 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
17
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
45%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

CAESE can come back 95 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

381 answers
212 answers
196 answers
143 answers
119 answers
108 answers
67 answers
66 answers
63 answers
59 answers
58 answers
48 answers
43 answers
36 answers
34 answers
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23 answers
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21 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1E1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing CAESE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to CAESE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAESE:

16% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0%
DROIT 5.62 bits
8.9%
TONER 5.05 bits
8.3%
TRAIL 5.27 bits
6.0%
SNOUT 4.87 bits
5.0%
TARDY 4.09 bits
4.5%
GOIER 4.28 bits
2.8%
RELAY 4.57 bits
2.8%
TOUCH 4.40 bits
2.7%
NOIRE 4.29 bits
2.5%
GLARE 3.75 bits

Research on CAESE

Game-tree analysis and word research for CAESE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with CAESE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.70 guesses and ranks #5,096 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with CAESE can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.69, at or below the proven-optimal 3.70, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

One syllable Say it KAYZ. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.