5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CASES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪsɪz/

Noun

plural of case

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of case

“While the detective cases the joint, they'll get away.”

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 CASES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CASES 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,075 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position CA_ES C in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT TRINE TRAIL OLDER DEALT SNOUT
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CASES 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,075 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CASES ranks #10,075 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
742
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
19
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
34%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

379
256
195
174
150
144
119
96
69
66
62
51
46
44
35
30
30
23
23
22
22
21
21
21
20
19
17
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CASES:

16% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
DROIT 5.63 bits
10.9% →
TRINE 5.28 bits
8.3% →
TRAIL 5.27 bits
7.4% →
OLDER 4.18 bits
6.4% →
DEALT 4.85 bits
6.1% →
SNOUT 4.86 bits
5.0% →
TARDY 4.09 bits
4.1% →
STORE 4.50 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.55 bits
2.8% →
TOUCH 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1S1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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