5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CHARS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of char

Noun

plural of char

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 CHARS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHARS 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,645 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__R_ C in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER SALET BLITE SIREE TONEY
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHARS 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
0.70 Volatility
#1,645 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHARS ranks #1,645 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
1,016
4 guesses
1,075
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
29%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

396
265
241
187
115
67
64
55
53
49
47
43
39
38
35
33
28
26
25
25
24
23
23
23
22
22
22
20
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHARS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
TOILE 6.09 bits
11.2% →
TOILE 5.17 bits
10.2% →
TOILE 5.29 bits
7.9% →
TOILE 5.48 bits
4.9% →
TALER 4.64 bits
2.8% →
SALET 4.68 bits
2.7% →
BLITE 4.41 bits
2.3% →
SIREE 4.57 bits
2.2% →
TONEY 4.73 bits
2.1% →
TUILE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1R1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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