5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

CHARE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛə//t͡ʃɛɹ/

Noun

Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker").

Noun

A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.

Verb

To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs; to char.

Alternative forms: char, chore

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 CHARE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHARE 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,695 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__R_ C in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOLID TALON INLET SEINE DROIT SOILY
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.45 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHARE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,695 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHARE ranks #1,695 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
995
4 guesses
1,055
5 guesses
212
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
40%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

135 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

304
195
169
147
121
120
74
64
61
57
57
55
54
44
40
34
30
27
27
24
22
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHARE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOLID
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON
7% chance
Suggested:
INLET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
SOLID 5.60 bits
8.3% →
TALON 5.34 bits
7.2% →
INLET 5.12 bits
6.2% →
SEINE 3.94 bits
5.1% →
DROIT 4.86 bits
5.1% →
SOILY 4.72 bits
3.1% →
MAYOR 4.25 bits
2.7% →
PENAL 4.44 bits
2.6% →
POISE 3.81 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1R1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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