5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CHAPE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃeɪp/

Noun

The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.

Noun

Alternative form of chappe (“rainguard”) (piece fitted to a sword's crossguard).

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 CHAPE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHAPE 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,447 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY DETER TALON ALTER TRINE PILOT
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHAPE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,447 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHAPE ranks #3,447 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
941
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
14
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)
84%
Green tile
38%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

372
278
245
153
106
87
73
65
57
52
50
50
42
33
31
29
27
27
25
24
23
23
21
21
19
18
18
17
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHAPE:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
DETER
10% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
SOILY 5.60 bits
11.8% →
DETER 5.37 bits
10.4% →
TALON 5.37 bits
6.5% →
SOILY 4.50 bits
4.5% →
ALTER 4.68 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 4.40 bits
3.1% →
PILOT 5.06 bits
2.8% →
SOUTH 4.51 bits
2.4% →
SAULT 4.03 bits
2.2% →
SLART 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1P3E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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