5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHAMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of cham

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 CHAMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHAMS 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,895 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__M_ C in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TALER ROUET TRIDE SALET LOURE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHAMS 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
0.69 Volatility
#3,895 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHAMS ranks #3,895 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
911
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
12
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)
75%
Green tile
27%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

593
312
235
111
84
78
66
66
65
54
52
41
38
36
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHAMS:

25% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
RIONE 6.03 bits
13.2% →
TALER 5.60 bits
10.0% →
ROUET 5.53 bits
4.7% →
TRIDE 5.00 bits
3.6% →
SALET 4.82 bits
3.3% →
LOURE 5.07 bits
2.8% →
URITE 5.10 bits
2.8% →
NOIRE 4.99 bits
2.8% →
RONTE 5.14 bits
2.3% →
RAINE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1M3S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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