5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CALIX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Archaic spelling of calyx.

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 CALIX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CALIX 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,297 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___X C in the 1st position and X in the 5th position C__I_ C in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__X A in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE STARE TRINE SOBER RONTE ALATE
Words starting with C Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CALIX 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,297 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CALIX ranks #8,297 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
29%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

537
261
256
157
146
127
74
69
60
45
42
42
42
33
32
30
24
23
22
21
19
19
18
16
16
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CALIX:

23% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
TORSE 6.28 bits
11.1% →
STARE 5.61 bits
10.9% →
TRINE 5.47 bits
6.7% →
SOBER 5.04 bits
6.2% →
RONTE 4.71 bits
5.4% →
ALATE 4.58 bits
3.1% →
RONTE 5.01 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.40 bits
2.5% →
PRONE 4.89 bits
1.9% →
TORSE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1L1I1X8
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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