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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess A tier opener

CAUSE

Yes, CAUSE was the Wordle answer on October 24, 2023 (Wordle #857).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɔːz/[kʰo̞ːz̥]/koːz/

Noun

The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

“They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.”

Noun

Sufficient reason.

“There is no cause for alarm.”

Verb

To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.

“The lightning caused thunder.”

Verb

To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.

“His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 24, 2023 (#857).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CAUSE performs as a guess

CAUSE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 98 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,124 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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

TENOR DIRTY TRAIL TARDY GOIER ALERT
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.41 Entropy (bits)
98 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAUSE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,124 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAUSE ranks #3,124 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
18
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
3 vowels
Common:
AESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
43%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
C A U S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CAUSE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

252
250
163
105
101
96
84
83
64
62
53
45
45
39
38
36
35
34
30
30
30
29
29
27
24
24
23
23
22
22

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAUSE:

11% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
11% chance
Suggested:
DIRTY
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.7% →
TENOR 5.14 bits
10.6% →
DIRTY 5.49 bits
6.9% →
TRAIL 5.30 bits
4.5% →
TARDY 4.09 bits
4.3% →
GOIER 4.38 bits
4.1% →
ALERT 4.71 bits
3.6% →
LUMPY 4.05 bits
3.5% →
SPILT 4.70 bits
2.7% →
STEER 4.47 bits
2.6% →
GLARE 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1U1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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