5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

CARSE

CARSE 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: /ˈkɑɹs/

Noun

Low, fertile land; a river valley.

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 CARSE highly

This solver ranks CARSE 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 89.7% of games, misses completely in 10.3%, and leaves about 77 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #15 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #188 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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__S_ C in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

GUILT INLET TENOR TONAL STINK DROIT
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

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

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CARSE 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#188 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CARSE ranks #188 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
90
3 guesses
1,016
4 guesses
1,082
5 guesses
153
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
43%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

139 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

244
142
127
111
109
104
86
79
73
57
52
46
44
43
40
39
39
32
32
31
27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CARSE:

10% chance
Suggested:
GUILT
6% chance
Suggested:
INLET
5% chance
Suggested:
TENOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.3% →
GUILT 5.48 bits
6.0% →
INLET 5.14 bits
5.4% →
TENOR 3.91 bits
4.7% →
TONAL 5.10 bits
4.6% →
STINK 4.69 bits
4.4% →
DROIT 4.94 bits
3.6% →
GUILE 4.70 bits
3.4% →
TANGY 4.09 bits
3.1% →
BRAND 4.37 bits
2.4% →
METAL 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1R1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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