5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHEWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃuːz//t͡ʃɪʊ̯z/

Noun

plural of chew

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of chew

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 CHEWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHEWS 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 267 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,066 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__W_ C in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE SAINT STAIR ROANY NORTH
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
267 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHEWS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,066 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHEWS ranks #10,066 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
775
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
15
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
21%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

540
489
205
137
80
70
65
60
52
41
41
41
40
38
36
36
31
25
22
22
18
16
16
15
14
14
11
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHEWS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TALON
21% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
TALON 5.88 bits
20.7% →
RAILE 5.42 bits
8.7% →
SAINT 5.42 bits
5.8% →
STAIR 4.91 bits
3.4% →
ROANY 4.81 bits
3.0% →
NORTH 4.80 bits
2.8% →
TALER 4.17 bits
2.5% →
LAIRY 4.58 bits
2.2% →
DEARE 4.66 bits
1.7% →
WORLD 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4E1W4S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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