5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CARPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of carp

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of carp

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 CARPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CARPS 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #401 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALATE TRADE TONEY THALE TUILE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CARPS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#401 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CARPS ranks #401 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
1,023
4 guesses
1,097
5 guesses
149
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
29%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

400
232
183
180
121
107
83
75
57
56
53
52
49
44
37
36
29
27
27
26
23
22
21
20
20
19
19
17
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CARPS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
TOILE 6.14 bits
9.8% →
TOILE 5.28 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.38 bits
7.6% →
ALATE 5.45 bits
5.1% →
TRADE 4.77 bits
4.5% →
TONEY 4.43 bits
3.5% →
THALE 4.88 bits
3.2% →
TUILE 4.87 bits
2.4% →
TONEY 4.56 bits
2.4% →
TOILE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1R1P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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