5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CAFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkæfs/

Noun

plural of caff

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 CAFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAFFS 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 70.3% of games, misses completely in 29.7%, and leaves about 330 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,774 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__F_ C in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT ROUET RONTE THALE TUILE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
330 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAFFS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#12,774 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAFFS ranks #12,774 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
652
4 guesses
1,349
5 guesses
300
6 guesses
17
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
24%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

701
323
309
179
127
111
99
77
53
42
40
33
31
28
23
19
19
14
12
10
9
8
8
7
7
5
4
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAFFS:

30% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
13% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.7% →
TOILE 6.02 bits
13.7% →
ALERT 5.56 bits
13.1% →
ROUET 5.50 bits
7.6% →
RONTE 4.73 bits
5.4% →
THALE 4.72 bits
4.7% →
TUILE 5.04 bits
4.2% →
NOIRE 5.16 bits
3.3% →
TOILE 5.08 bits
2.2% →
STILE 4.02 bits
1.8% →
LEANT 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1F4F4S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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