5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CAUDA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Ellipsis of cauda equina.

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 CAUDA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAUDA 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 292 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,391 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___A C in the 1st position and A in the 5th position C__D_ C in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN SLATE TORSE STOLE DINER TRICE
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
292 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAUDA 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,391 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAUDA ranks #10,391 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
759
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
270
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
3 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
30%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

689
313
174
168
135
100
83
72
57
54
46
34
29
28
28
25
23
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21
18
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAUDA:

29% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
SIREN 6.08 bits
13.3% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
7.4% →
TORSE 5.01 bits
7.1% →
STOLE 4.97 bits
5.7% →
DINER 5.49 bits
4.2% →
TRICE 5.09 bits
3.5% →
STONE 4.60 bits
3.1% →
NOIRE 4.86 bits
2.4% →
TRINE 4.76 bits
2.3% →
LEAST 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1U1D2A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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