5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CASTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of cast

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cast

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 CASTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CASTS 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 75.8% of games, misses completely in 24.2%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,441 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__T_ C in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE DROLE ROUET NOIRE MORNE ARIEL
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CASTS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,441 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CASTS ranks #7,441 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
213
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
28%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

570
261
175
174
135
91
90
85
78
74
64
45
43
37
34
32
26
25
24
23
19
17
16
13
12
11
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CASTS:

24% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.2% →
RIONE 6.02 bits
11.1% →
DROLE 5.51 bits
7.4% →
ROUET 5.45 bits
7.4% →
NOIRE 5.25 bits
5.7% →
MORNE 4.55 bits
3.9% →
NOIRE 5.13 bits
3.8% →
ROUET 4.57 bits
3.6% →
NOIRE 4.88 bits
3.3% →
ARIEL 4.70 bits
3.1% →
PHARE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1S1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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