5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CAVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /keɪvz/

Noun

plural of cave

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cave

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 CAVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAVES 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,548 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__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position CA_ES C in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT TRINE TRAIL SPILT TONER DEALT
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAVES 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
0.70 Volatility
#7,548 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAVES ranks #7,548 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
14
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
33%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

367
232
179
173
149
137
110
98
76
65
59
49
46
44
37
34
30
23
23
22
21
20
20
20
20
20
17
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAVES:

16% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
DROIT 5.58 bits
9.8% →
TRINE 5.30 bits
7.6% →
TRAIL 5.22 bits
7.3% →
SPILT 5.01 bits
6.3% →
TONER 4.36 bits
5.8% →
DEALT 4.88 bits
4.7% →
TARDY 4.09 bits
4.2% →
RONTE 4.53 bits
3.2% →
SHALT 4.60 bits
2.8% →
TOUCH 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1V4E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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