5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CAINS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of cain

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 CAINS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAINS 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #578 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROULE ALERT ROUET TILDE TALER THALE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAINS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#578 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAINS ranks #578 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
1,029
4 guesses
1,081
5 guesses
163
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:
AINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
36%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

375
221
176
135
121
100
83
71
57
56
51
48
42
40
38
36
35
34
34
34
31
27
27
22
22
18
18
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAINS:

16% chance
Suggested:
ROULE
9% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
7% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
ROULE 5.88 bits
9.4% →
ALERT 5.55 bits
7.5% →
ROUET 5.49 bits
5.7% →
TILDE 5.19 bits
5.1% →
TALER 4.64 bits
4.2% →
THALE 4.83 bits
3.5% →
MOREE 4.84 bits
3.0% →
TRODE 4.91 bits
2.4% →
DROLE 5.04 bits
2.4% →
TONER 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1I1N1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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