5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

CARES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɛɹz//kɛəz//keːz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of care

Noun

plural of care

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 CARES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CARES 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 89.7% of games, misses completely in 10.3%, and leaves about 84 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #539 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position CA_ES C in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

GUILT TOILE SPILT TONAL DROIT DEALT
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.56 Entropy (bits)
84 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CARES 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#539 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CARES ranks #539 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
990
4 guesses
1,103
5 guesses
163
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
37%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

126 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

244
162
133
111
104
102
94
79
78
73
68
66
54
53
52
42
40
33
32
31
30
27
26
25
25
24
20
19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CARES:

10% chance
Suggested:
GUILT
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
6% chance
Suggested:
SPILT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.3% →
GUILT 5.48 bits
6.9% →
TOILE 5.32 bits
5.6% →
SPILT 5.03 bits
4.7% →
TONAL 5.10 bits
4.4% →
DROIT 4.94 bits
4.3% →
TOILE 3.52 bits
4.0% →
DEALT 4.78 bits
3.4% →
TANGY 4.09 bits
3.3% →
TOILE 4.49 bits
3.1% →
BRAND 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1R1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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