5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CAKEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative spelling of caky.

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 CAKEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAKEY 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 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,150 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT TOISE TRAIL SENOR SLART SOILY
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAKEY 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,150 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAKEY ranks #10,150 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
28
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)
85%
Green tile
42%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

346
304
225
200
163
153
85
63
62
48
46
41
41
38
34
30
26
26
25
24
22
20
20
18
18
17
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAKEY:

15% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
13% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
SNORT 5.98 bits
12.9% →
TOISE 5.17 bits
9.5% →
TRAIL 5.43 bits
8.5% →
SENOR 4.38 bits
6.9% →
SLART 5.26 bits
6.5% →
SOILY 4.02 bits
3.6% →
SONAR 4.36 bits
2.7% →
SLART 3.48 bits
2.6% →
TONIC 4.32 bits
2.0% →
SIREE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1K5E1Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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