5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CAKED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /keɪkt/

Verb

simple past and past participle of cake

Adjective

Congealed into a cakelike consistency; (of something covered in such a material) Coated with such a congealed mass.

“Great, I had to ride in the rain, and now my bike is caked in mud.”

Adjective

having a defined butt

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 CAKED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAKED 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,879 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___D C in the 1st position and D in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position CA_ED C in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

MOIST TORSE TRAIL SENOR SLART SONLY
Words starting with C Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAKED 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,879 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAKED ranks #7,879 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
813
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
16
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
34%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

418
281
211
167
140
123
63
60
59
49
48
44
42
41
39
30
30
27
25
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAKED:

18% chance
Suggested:
MOIST
12% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
MOIST 5.79 bits
11.9% →
TORSE 5.37 bits
8.9% →
TRAIL 5.35 bits
7.1% →
SENOR 4.51 bits
5.9% →
SLART 5.37 bits
5.2% →
SONLY 4.68 bits
2.7% →
TUNIC 4.39 bits
2.5% →
DROIT 4.58 bits
2.5% →
DEIGN 4.37 bits
2.1% →
SOILY 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1K5E1D2
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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