5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CARAP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹəp/

Noun

Any tree of the genus Carapa.

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 CARAP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CARAP 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 232 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,330 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___P C in the 1st position and P in the 5th position C__A_ C in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__P A in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLATE SUITE TRADE TUILE
Words starting with C Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
232 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CARAP 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,330 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CARAP ranks #5,330 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
11
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
33%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
289
196
126
105
105
101
83
60
51
48
48
35
34
30
26
23
23
21
20
20
19
17
16
15
14
14
12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CARAP:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
TOILE 6.14 bits
12.3% →
TOISE 5.38 bits
8.3% →
SLATE 5.58 bits
5.3% →
TOILE 4.62 bits
4.5% →
SUITE 5.28 bits
4.5% →
TRADE 4.58 bits
4.3% →
TUILE 5.04 bits
3.5% →
TOUSE 4.83 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.71 bits
2.2% →
SIENT 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1R1A1P3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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