5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CAPED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpt/

Adjective

Wearing a cape or capes.

“One of Batman’s aliases is "the Caped Crusader".”

Adjective

Wearing a cape of a specified kind.

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 CAPED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAPED 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,000 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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

SNORT STIRE TRAIL SENOR SLART SONLY
Words starting with C Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAPED 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,000 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAPED ranks #2,000 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
142
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
36%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

375
244
196
145
142
109
80
73
60
55
53
52
40
39
36
35
35
33
31
27
26
23
23
23
21
20
18
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAPED:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
10% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
SNORT 5.93 bits
10.3% →
STIRE 5.31 bits
8.3% →
TRAIL 5.35 bits
6.1% →
SENOR 4.52 bits
6.0% →
SLART 5.29 bits
4.6% →
SONLY 4.77 bits
3.4% →
PILOT 4.99 bits
3.1% →
LUNCH 4.58 bits
2.5% →
DROIT 4.62 bits
2.3% →
DEIGN 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1P3E1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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