5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHIMO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃi.moʊ//ˈt͡ʃaɪ.moʊ/

Interjection

Hello; goodbye.

Noun

A child molester.

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 CHIMO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHIMO 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 72.7% of games, misses completely in 27.3%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,378 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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

TARSE TRONE TALER SLANE LATER REAST
Words starting with C Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHIMO 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,378 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHIMO ranks #5,378 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
899
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
26%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

643
323
207
154
75
75
71
63
51
45
39
38
33
33
31
28
28
26
23
23
20
20
20
20
18
14
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHIMO:

27% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.3% →
TARSE 6.21 bits
13.7% →
TRONE 5.26 bits
8.8% →
TALER 5.25 bits
6.5% →
SLANE 5.08 bits
3.2% →
LATER 5.11 bits
3.2% →
REAST 5.30 bits
3.0% →
TARSE 5.18 bits
2.7% →
SLATE 4.94 bits
2.2% →
MARLE 4.44 bits
1.9% →
SERAL 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4I1M3O1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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