5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

CARET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹ.ɪt//ˈkæɹ.ət//ˈkɛɹ.ɪt/

Noun

A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.

Noun

An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨＾⟩.

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.

Why this solver ranks CARET highly

This solver ranks CARET highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.3% of games, misses completely in 10.7%, and leaves about 78 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #33 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #33 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.54 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__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SLAIN SLADE GRIND SOUTH
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.77 Entropy (bits)
78 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.7% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CARET 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.

3.54 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#33 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CARET ranks #33 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
94
3 guesses
1,067
4 guesses
1,028
5 guesses
152
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
44%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

145 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

253
170
111
99
91
89
74
72
70
61
60
58
54
53
52
36
33
32
32
28
27
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26
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26
23
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22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CARET:

11% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
7% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
5% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.7% →
SOILY 5.65 bits
7.2% →
SEINE 5.41 bits
4.7% →
SLAIN 5.17 bits
4.2% →
SOILY 3.60 bits
3.9% →
SLADE 4.70 bits
3.8% →
GRIND 4.74 bits
3.1% →
SOUTH 4.76 bits
3.1% →
SONLY 4.67 bits
3.0% →
BRAND 4.42 bits
2.6% →
OLDEN 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1R1E1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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