5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CALIF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of caliph.

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 CALIF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CALIF 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,392 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___F C in the 1st position and F in the 5th position C__I_ C in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__F A in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE STARE RONTE SOWER PLATE STILE
Words starting with C Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CALIF 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,392 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CALIF ranks #2,392 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
943
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

494
248
231
140
139
111
68
64
59
44
42
40
39
39
30
30
29
27
23
23
21
19
18
18
17
16
16
16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CALIF:

21% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
TORSE 6.32 bits
10.5% →
STARE 5.62 bits
9.8% →
RONTE 5.50 bits
5.9% →
SOWER 5.02 bits
5.9% →
RONTE 4.74 bits
4.7% →
PLATE 4.77 bits
2.9% →
RONTE 5.00 bits
2.7% →
STILE 4.40 bits
2.5% →
PRONE 4.90 bits
1.9% →
TONER 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1L1I1F4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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