5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CAPUL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of caple (“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 CAPUL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAPUL 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,434 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___L C in the 1st position and L in the 5th position C__U_ C in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRADE RONTE SIDLE SLATE PRONE
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAPUL 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
#1,434 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAPUL ranks #1,434 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
10
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:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

516
247
153
149
132
95
91
72
51
50
47
45
43
38
37
36
35
26
26
23
23
23
21
21
19
18
18
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAPUL:

22% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
6% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
TONER 6.14 bits
10.5% →
TRADE 5.62 bits
6.5% →
RONTE 5.25 bits
6.3% →
SIDLE 5.15 bits
5.6% →
RONTE 4.89 bits
4.0% →
SLATE 4.55 bits
3.9% →
PRONE 5.46 bits
3.1% →
TRICE 5.18 bits
2.2% →
SUITE 4.14 bits
2.1% →
IRONE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1P3U1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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