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CHAOS

Yes, CHAOS was the Wordle answer on May 31, 2024 (Wordle #1077).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪɒs//ˈkeɪˌɑs//ˈkæɪ.ɔs/

Noun

The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.

Noun

Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.

“to descend into chaos”

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: May 31, 2024 (#1077).

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

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How CHAOS performs as a guess

CHAOS 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,857 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DINER TALER DRONE SIENT TRIDE SALET
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHAOS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,857 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHAOS ranks #2,857 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
949
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
189
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
2 vowels
Common:
AOS

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
G U A N O
C H A O S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHAOS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
279
215
178
119
80
71
65
56
56
53
42
41
34
34
33
32
30
27
27
25
23
21
18
18
16
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHAOS:

18% chance
Suggested:
DINER
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
DRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
DINER 5.99 bits
11.8% →
TALER 5.52 bits
9.1% →
DRONE 5.17 bits
7.5% →
SIENT 5.40 bits
5.0% →
TRIDE 4.97 bits
3.4% →
SALET 4.79 bits
3.0% →
STORE 4.61 bits
2.8% →
DROLE 4.33 bits
2.4% →
TRIDE 4.27 bits
2.4% →
STILE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1O1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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