5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CANNY

Yes, CANNY was the Wordle answer on May 8, 2022 (Wordle #323).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkæni/

Adjective

Careful, prudent, cautious.

“The politician gave a canny response to the reporter’s questions.”

Adjective

Knowing, shrewd, astute.

“The canny lawyer knew just how to get what he wanted.”

Adverb

Very, considerably; quite, rather.

“a canny long journey”

Adverb

Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.

“he sits very canny”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 8, 2022 (#323).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CANNY performs as a guess

CANNY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,692 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE ALERT SOLDE STILE SIREN TOILE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CANNY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,692 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CANNY ranks #10,692 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
762
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
42%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
C A D D Y
C A N N Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CANNY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

662
344
180
126
112
105
86
86
54
53
51
44
40
39
35
24
22
21
18
18
15
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12
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11
10
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CANNY:

28% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
15% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
TOISE 6.11 bits
14.6% →
ALERT 5.65 bits
7.6% →
SOLDE 4.58 bits
5.3% →
STILE 4.69 bits
4.7% →
SIREN 5.08 bits
4.5% →
TOILE 5.09 bits
3.6% →
TOISE 4.78 bits
3.6% →
PROLE 4.96 bits
2.3% →
LEAST 4.57 bits
2.2% →
SLART 3.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1N1N1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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