5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

CAVIL

CAVIL is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkæv.əl//ˈkæv.ɪl/

Verb

To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.

Noun

A petty or trivial objection or criticism.

Alternative forms: cavel, cavell

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

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 CAVIL performs as a guess

CAVIL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,369 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___L C in the 1st position and L in the 5th position C__I_ C in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TRINE STARE SOYLE RONTE ALATE
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAVIL 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,369 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAVIL ranks #4,369 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
899
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
32%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
C A V I L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CAVIL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

511
246
245
146
135
104
73
69
54
43
42
42
40
40
35
32
30
22
21
21
21
20
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAVIL:

22% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
TORSE 6.26 bits
10.4% →
TRINE 5.45 bits
10.4% →
STARE 5.62 bits
6.2% →
SOYLE 5.03 bits
5.7% →
RONTE 4.70 bits
4.4% →
ALATE 4.70 bits
3.1% →
RONTE 5.02 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.52 bits
2.3% →
PRONE 4.84 bits
1.8% →
REAST 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1V4I1L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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