5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

CAPUT

CAPUT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kəˈpʊt//ˈkæp.ət/

Noun

The head.

Noun

A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.

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

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 CAPUT performs as a guess

CAPUT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,026 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__U_ C in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

NOIRE LEARN SHORE SILER SOLED SLIER
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAPUT 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,026 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAPUT ranks #1,026 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
1,023
4 guesses
1,090
5 guesses
168
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:
ATU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
34%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L I N T
C A P U T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CAPUT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

483
264
145
138
137
89
84
77
67
64
45
45
44
41
41
37
30
28
28
27
23
22
21
19
18
16
16
15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAPUT:

20% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
11% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
6% chance
Suggested:
SHORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
NOIRE 5.98 bits
11.2% →
LEARN 5.43 bits
6.1% →
SHORE 5.50 bits
5.9% →
SILER 4.82 bits
5.8% →
SOLED 4.82 bits
3.8% →
SLIER 5.31 bits
3.6% →
SHIER 5.09 bits
3.3% →
SERAL 4.86 bits
2.8% →
DROLE 4.85 bits
2.7% →
SLICE 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1P3U1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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