5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CASUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A possible world, as a starting point for reasoning.

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 CASUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CASUS 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 74.4% of games, misses completely in 25.6%, and leaves about 259 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,024 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__U_ C in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ALERT TRIPE DROLE RONTE STIRE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
259 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CASUS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,024 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CASUS ranks #11,024 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
755
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
27
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
27%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

603
321
209
175
172
111
83
72
55
43
43
31
31
29
29
28
27
26
25
23
18
18
17
15
11
11
10
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CASUS:

26% chance
Suggested:
TONER
14% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.6% →
TONER 6.00 bits
13.6% →
ALERT 5.58 bits
8.9% →
TRIPE 5.42 bits
7.4% →
DROLE 4.87 bits
7.3% →
RONTE 4.73 bits
4.7% →
STIRE 4.70 bits
3.5% →
TRICE 5.03 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 4.93 bits
2.3% →
STILE 3.97 bits
1.8% →
LEANT 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1S1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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