5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHEMO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkiːməʊ//ˈkimoʊ/

Noun

Clipping of chemotherapy.

Verb

To treat with chemotherapy.

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 CHEMO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHEMO 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,866 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___O C in the 1st position and O in the 5th position C__M_ C in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _H__O H in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE SAINT DROOL RONTE SLART TALER
Words starting with C Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHEMO 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,866 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHEMO ranks #6,866 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
866
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
244
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
2 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
23%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
439
244
126
105
63
57
53
51
49
46
39
36
33
30
29
29
28
28
27
25
20
19
18
16
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15
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHEMO:

20% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
DROOL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
RAILE 5.51 bits
18.6% →
SAINT 6.19 bits
10.3% →
DROOL 5.09 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.51 bits
4.5% →
SLART 5.11 bits
2.7% →
SLART 4.96 bits
2.4% →
SLART 4.85 bits
2.2% →
TALER 4.61 bits
2.2% →
RAILE 4.57 bits
2.1% →
SADLY 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4E1M3O1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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