5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CAPLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪp(ə)l/

Noun

A horse.

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 CAPLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAPLE 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 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #348 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT DETER TRAIN GRISE RAINY SORAL
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAPLE 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#348 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAPLE ranks #348 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
93
3 guesses
985
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
147
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
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
41%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

339
233
148
135
99
78
77
70
65
63
62
60
54
36
31
31
31
28
27
26
24
24
24
23
23
22
21
20
20
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAPLE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
10% chance
Suggested:
DETER
6% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
SNORT 5.98 bits
9.9% →
DETER 5.42 bits
6.3% →
TRAIN 5.31 bits
5.7% →
GRISE 4.46 bits
4.2% →
RAINY 4.11 bits
3.3% →
SORAL 4.37 bits
3.3% →
SLING 4.62 bits
3.0% →
TREAD 4.66 bits
2.8% →
TONER 4.05 bits
2.7% →
POSIT 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1P3L1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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