5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CINQS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of cinq

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 CINQS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CINQS 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 70.1% of games, misses completely in 29.9%, and leaves about 302 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,882 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 _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE TRADE ORATE TRODE LATER
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
302 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CINQS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,882 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CINQS ranks #9,882 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
792
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
26
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:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
22%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

705
312
176
162
110
107
101
91
69
61
57
38
31
27
26
26
25
21
18
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7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CINQS:

30% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.9% →
ROATE 6.11 bits
13.2% →
STARE 5.76 bits
7.5% →
ROATE 5.30 bits
6.9% →
TRADE 5.58 bits
4.7% →
ORATE 5.36 bits
4.5% →
TRODE 4.62 bits
4.3% →
LATER 5.19 bits
3.9% →
GRATE 4.71 bits
2.9% →
STIRE 4.52 bits
2.6% →
ROATE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3I1N1Q10S1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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