5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CANED

CANED 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

Pronunciation: /keɪnd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of cane

Adjective

intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.

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 CANED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CANED 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 85.7% of games, misses completely in 14.3%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,393 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___D C in the 1st position and D in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position CA_ED C in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

MOIST TORSE SLART SOLAR INGOT SATYR
Words starting with C Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.23 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CANED 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,393 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CANED ranks #1,393 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
144
6 guesses
15
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:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
38%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

338
224
169
138
129
104
89
66
58
52
52
47
44
38
36
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CANED:

14% chance
Suggested:
MOIST
9% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
MOIST 5.78 bits
9.5% →
TORSE 5.46 bits
7.2% →
SLART 5.50 bits
5.9% →
SLART 5.35 bits
5.5% →
SOLAR 4.05 bits
4.4% →
INGOT 4.84 bits
3.8% →
SATYR 4.30 bits
2.8% →
TOUCH 4.65 bits
2.5% →
IRONE 4.36 bits
2.2% →
DROIT 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1N1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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