5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHADS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of chad

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 CHADS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHADS 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,878 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__D_ C in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER SPITE DINER TRINE SALET
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHADS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,878 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHADS ranks #3,878 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
7
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
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
27%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
309
244
152
97
82
70
67
64
57
57
41
39
35
34
32
32
30
28
24
24
18
17
16
15
15
15
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHADS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
SPITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
TOILE 6.03 bits
13.1% →
TALER 5.55 bits
10.3% →
SPITE 5.50 bits
6.4% →
DINER 5.50 bits
4.1% →
TRINE 4.93 bits
3.5% →
SALET 4.80 bits
3.0% →
RONTE 5.11 bits
2.8% →
NOIRE 4.98 bits
2.7% →
TUILE 5.04 bits
2.4% →
DROLE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1D2S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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