5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CAHOW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.

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 CAHOW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAHOW 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 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,282 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__W A in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER ALERT RONTE STILE SEITY DROLE
Words starting with C Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAHOW 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,282 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAHOW ranks #9,282 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
25%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

568
323
248
180
94
72
67
65
53
47
46
46
43
42
33
32
31
26
25
24
23
20
20
17
15
14
13
13
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAHOW:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
14% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
SLIER 6.07 bits
13.7% →
ALERT 5.60 bits
10.5% →
RONTE 5.21 bits
7.6% →
STILE 4.80 bits
4.0% →
SEITY 5.04 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 4.38 bits
2.8% →
TUILE 5.02 bits
2.8% →
TRIPE 4.12 bits
2.2% →
ROUTE 4.68 bits
2.0% →
LEAST 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1H4O1W4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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