5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CAVUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ.vəs/

Noun

In planetary geology, an irregular steep-sided depression that does not seem to be an impact crater.

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 CAVUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CAVUS 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,507 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__U_ C in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED ALERT STIPE DROLE RONTE THALE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CAVUS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,507 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CAVUS ranks #8,507 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
15
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
26%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

546
294
229
174
154
118
81
75
65
47
42
41
31
30
28
27
26
26
26
25
25
25
18
14
13
10
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CAVUS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
STIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
TRIED 6.09 bits
12.5% →
ALERT 5.61 bits
9.7% →
STIPE 5.49 bits
7.4% →
DROLE 4.85 bits
6.5% →
RONTE 4.69 bits
5.0% →
THALE 4.78 bits
3.4% →
TRICE 4.98 bits
3.2% →
SHUNT 4.24 bits
2.8% →
DROLE 4.95 bits
2.0% →
STILE 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1V4U1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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