5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CANST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kænst//kənst/

Verb

second-person singular simple present indicative of can

Alternative forms: can'st

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.

Why this solver ranks CANST highly

This solver ranks CANST highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #24 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #18 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.53 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___T C in the 1st position and T in the 5th position C__S_ C in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE GOIER TRITE SPILE LAYER PROLE
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.26 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CANST 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.

3.53 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#18 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CANST ranks #18 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,126
4 guesses
1,020
5 guesses
129
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
1 vowels
Common:
ANST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
38%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

395
189
131
129
118
101
72
61
59
57
56
47
47
45
44
41
35
35
30
29
28
27
26
25
23
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22
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CANST:

17% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
8% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
6% chance
Suggested:
GOIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
DROLE 6.12 bits
8.0% →
DROLE 5.55 bits
5.6% →
GOIER 5.27 bits
5.5% →
TRITE 5.46 bits
5.0% →
SPILE 5.23 bits
4.3% →
LAYER 4.39 bits
3.1% →
PROLE 5.08 bits
2.6% →
GRONE 4.61 bits
2.5% →
LOURE 4.82 bits
2.4% →
GOIER 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1N1S1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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