5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CHAIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of chai

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 CHAIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHAIS 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,943 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__I_ C in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE TALER TRINE ROUET STILE SALET
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHAIS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,943 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHAIS ranks #3,943 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,102
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
20
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:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

424
307
218
172
103
80
76
55
53
53
52
46
37
35
33
27
26
25
24
24
23
23
21
20
19
18
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14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHAIS:

18% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
DROLE 5.87 bits
13.0% →
TALER 5.56 bits
9.2% →
TRINE 5.30 bits
7.3% →
ROUET 5.51 bits
4.4% →
DROLE 4.91 bits
3.4% →
STILE 4.49 bits
3.2% →
SALET 4.70 bits
2.3% →
DRONE 4.93 bits
2.2% →
STOLE 4.16 bits
2.2% →
NORTH 4.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1I1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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