5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CAVER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪvɚ/

Noun

A person who explores caves.

Noun

One who works the tailings of a mine to extract small pieces of marketable ore.

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 CAVER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAVER 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,497 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___R C in the 1st position and R in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position CA_ER C in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY STILE DROIT SLANT SLATE SONLY
Words starting with C Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAVER 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#6,497 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAVER ranks #6,497 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
873
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

375
228
163
157
122
106
102
88
85
80
74
58
38
38
31
30
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAVER:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
STILE
7% chance
Suggested:
DROIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
SOILY 5.67 bits
9.7% →
STILE 5.36 bits
6.9% →
DROIT 5.00 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.41 bits
5.2% →
SLATE 4.97 bits
4.5% →
SONLY 4.60 bits
4.3% →
TOISE 4.62 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 4.36 bits
3.6% →
SOILY 3.58 bits
3.4% →
SIENT 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1V4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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