5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CALOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Calo

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 CALOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CALOS 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #584 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED RONTE STIRE TRADE PLIER TRINE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CALOS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#584 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CALOS ranks #584 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
1,025
4 guesses
1,067
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
14
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:
ALOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
29%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

334
195
172
155
124
119
107
97
78
69
52
47
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36
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CALOS:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
7% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
TRIED 6.06 bits
8.3% →
RONTE 5.36 bits
7.3% →
STIRE 5.54 bits
6.6% →
TRADE 5.53 bits
5.3% →
PLIER 4.98 bits
5.0% →
TRINE 4.70 bits
4.5% →
TIARE 4.74 bits
4.1% →
STURE 4.76 bits
3.3% →
RONTE 4.75 bits
2.9% →
TRICE 5.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1L1O1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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