5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CHAFE

Yes, CHAFE was the Wordle answer on December 2, 2022 (Wordle #531).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃeɪf/

Noun

Heat excited by friction.

Noun

Injury or wear caused by friction.

Verb

To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

Verb

To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 2, 2022 (#531).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CHAFE performs as a guess

CHAFE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,813 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__F_ C in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY DETER TALON GRISE ALTER SLANT
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.0% 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 CHAFE 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,813 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHAFE ranks #6,813 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
18
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
37%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
K N E E D
C H A F E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHAFE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

393
293
258
177
118
94
69
62
56
52
47
46
38
35
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27
24
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHAFE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
DETER
11% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
SOILY 5.71 bits
12.4% →
DETER 5.30 bits
10.9% →
TALON 5.31 bits
7.5% →
GRISE 4.43 bits
5.0% →
ALTER 4.63 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.60 bits
2.9% →
SOUTH 4.63 bits
2.6% →
SAULT 4.15 bits
2.4% →
SLART 3.83 bits
2.2% →
SOILY 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1F4E1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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