5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CALPA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of kalpa.

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 CALPA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CALPA 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 70.0% of games, misses completely in 30.0%, and leaves about 287 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,978 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___A C in the 1st position and A in the 5th position C__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TRADE TOILE TRINE SUITE SLATE
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
287 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CALPA 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,978 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CALPA ranks #6,978 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
847
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
224
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
28%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

707
234
205
137
126
124
107
71
52
36
33
33
30
27
26
24
22
22
22
21
21
20
20
19
16
14
13
13
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CALPA:

30% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.0% →
TORSE 6.22 bits
9.9% →
TRADE 5.58 bits
8.7% →
TOILE 5.13 bits
5.8% →
TRINE 4.90 bits
5.3% →
SUITE 5.59 bits
5.3% →
SLATE 4.65 bits
4.5% →
TOISE 5.21 bits
3.0% →
IRONE 5.10 bits
2.2% →
SIDLE 4.44 bits
1.5% →
REAST 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1L1P3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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