5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CAFFE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of caffè (“Italian café”).

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 CAFFE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAFFE 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,399 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__F_ C in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY DETER TRAIL GRISE SONLY ALERT
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAFFE 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,399 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAFFE ranks #12,399 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
663
4 guesses
1,314
5 guesses
305
6 guesses
20

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
37%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

498
329
250
203
148
113
94
86
64
50
47
39
37
36
34
31
27
26
22
21
20
20
15
11
10
9
9
9
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAFFE:

21% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
14% chance
Suggested:
DETER
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
SOILY 5.67 bits
13.9% →
DETER 5.29 bits
10.6% →
TRAIL 5.33 bits
8.6% →
GRISE 4.38 bits
6.3% →
SONLY 4.61 bits
4.8% →
ALERT 4.71 bits
4.0% →
SLART 4.47 bits
3.6% →
TOUCH 4.69 bits
2.7% →
COUCH 4.31 bits
2.1% →
SOULY 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1F4F4E1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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