5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CAKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /keɪks/

Noun

plural of cake

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cake

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 CAKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAKES 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,971 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position CA_ES C in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT TRINE TRAIL OLDER HOIST DEALT
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAKES 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,971 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAKES ranks #6,971 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
844
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
15
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
32%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

357
244
182
167
146
133
112
99
67
51
50
46
46
43
39
38
30
29
23
22
22
20
19
19
17
16
16
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAKES:

15% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
DROIT 5.67 bits
10.3% →
TRINE 5.28 bits
7.7% →
TRAIL 5.32 bits
7.1% →
OLDER 4.19 bits
6.2% →
HOIST 5.11 bits
5.6% →
DEALT 4.93 bits
4.7% →
TARDY 4.09 bits
4.2% →
RONTE 4.58 bits
2.8% →
SHALT 4.69 bits
2.2% →
ROULE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1K5E1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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