5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CALLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɔːlz//kɔlz//kɑlz/

Noun

plural of call

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of call

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 CALLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CALLS 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 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,527 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ROUET DRONE RONTE GOIER TRINE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CALLS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,527 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CALLS ranks #6,527 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
30%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

576
264
209
141
130
106
104
96
72
40
37
33
32
31
30
29
24
24
21
20
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CALLS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TONER
11% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
9% chance
Suggested:
DRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
TONER 6.13 bits
11.2% →
ROUET 5.60 bits
8.9% →
DRONE 5.65 bits
6.0% →
RONTE 4.77 bits
5.5% →
GOIER 5.11 bits
4.5% →
TRINE 4.76 bits
4.4% →
STARE 4.84 bits
4.1% →
TRINE 5.11 bits
3.1% →
IRONE 5.18 bits
1.7% →
WRITE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1L1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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