5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

CAROM

Yes, CAROM was the Wordle answer on April 10, 2026 (Wordle #1756).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹəm/

Noun

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.

Noun

A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter.

“He loved playing carom in his free time.”

Verb

To make a carom (shot in billiards).

Verb

To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.

Alternative forms: carrom

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 10, 2026 (#1756).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CAROM performs as a guess

CAROM is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,071 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___M C in the 1st position and M in the 5th position C__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__M A in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE SEINE STONE TRADE TUILE
Words starting with C Words ending with M

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAROM 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,071 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAROM ranks #1,071 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
999
4 guesses
1,073
5 guesses
188
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
2 vowels
Common:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A R M O R
C A R O M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CAROM in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

394
215
189
177
126
126
104
73
60
53
44
43
40
35
34
33
32
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26
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAROM:

17% chance
Suggested:
STILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
STILE 6.23 bits
9.1% →
SLATE 5.72 bits
8.0% →
SEINE 4.98 bits
7.5% →
STONE 5.08 bits
5.3% →
TRADE 4.73 bits
5.3% →
STILE 4.82 bits
4.4% →
STONE 4.55 bits
3.1% →
TUILE 4.85 bits
2.5% →
SHULE 4.79 bits
2.2% →
SUITE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1R1O1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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