5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CARNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)ni/

Noun

A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).

Noun

The jargon used by carnival workers.

Verb

To cajole, wheedle, or coax.

Alternative forms: carney, carnie

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 CARNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CARNY 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #457 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLATE SIDLE TRADE STILE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CARNY 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#457 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CARNY ranks #457 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,044
4 guesses
1,072
5 guesses
158
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
ANR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
42%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

355
244
205
139
126
109
75
74
62
62
45
45
43
39
38
37
37
30
29
28
26
24
23
23
22
20
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CARNY:

15% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
TOILE 6.17 bits
10.3% →
TOISE 5.44 bits
8.7% →
SLATE 5.77 bits
5.9% →
SIDLE 4.58 bits
5.3% →
TRADE 4.73 bits
4.6% →
TOILE 5.18 bits
3.2% →
TOILE 5.02 bits
3.1% →
STILE 4.64 bits
2.6% →
STILE 4.59 bits
2.6% →
SUITE 5.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1R1N1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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