5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CARBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

carbohydrate

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 CARBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CARBO 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,800 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___O C in the 1st position and O in the 5th position C__B_ C in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE SOLDE SEINE TRADE STONE
Words starting with C Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CARBO 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,800 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CARBO ranks #2,800 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
946
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
17
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:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
226
206
182
129
117
116
75
53
52
52
43
35
34
31
29
28
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22
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CARBO:

17% chance
Suggested:
STILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
STILE 6.16 bits
9.6% →
SLATE 5.69 bits
8.7% →
SOLDE 5.03 bits
7.7% →
SEINE 4.99 bits
5.5% →
STILE 4.67 bits
5.0% →
TRADE 4.76 bits
4.9% →
STONE 4.52 bits
3.2% →
SHINE 4.88 bits
2.2% →
SIDLE 4.90 bits
2.2% →
SUITE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1R1B3O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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