5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

CARNE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

Proper noun

A place in England:

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 CARNE highly

This solver ranks CARNE 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 88.5% of games, misses completely in 11.5%, and leaves about 81 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #10 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #94 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT SLEET SOLED PLAIT SOILY DROIT
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.71 Entropy (bits)
81 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.6% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CARNE 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#94 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CARNE ranks #94 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
104
3 guesses
1,029
4 guesses
1,047
5 guesses
156
6 guesses
16
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:
AENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
45%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

142 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

271
128
127
117
103
102
73
73
61
59
58
57
56
56
46
42
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CARNE:

11% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
5% chance
Suggested:
SLEET
5% chance
Suggested:
SOLED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.5% →
MOULT 5.58 bits
5.4% →
SLEET 5.34 bits
5.4% →
SOLED 3.93 bits
5.0% →
PLAIT 5.11 bits
4.4% →
SOILY 4.82 bits
4.3% →
DROIT 4.97 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.40 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 4.38 bits
2.6% →
SHALT 4.05 bits
2.5% →
OLDEN 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1R1N1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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