5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COACT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kəʊˈakt/

Verb

To compel, constrain, force.

Adjective

Forced, constrained, done under compulsion.

Verb

To work together.

Alternative forms: co-act

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 COACT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COACT 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,460 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___T C in the 1st position and T in the 5th position C__C_ C in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER RAILE PRONE SLIDE DROLE SHIRE
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COACT 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,460 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COACT ranks #7,460 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
22
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
42%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

493
278
160
152
145
134
97
88
66
52
49
46
42
34
34
31
28
27
26
25
20
20
20
18
17
17
15
14
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COACT:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
PRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
SLIER 6.10 bits
11.8% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
6.8% →
PRONE 5.05 bits
6.4% →
SLIDE 4.87 bits
6.1% →
DROLE 4.63 bits
5.7% →
SHIRE 5.43 bits
4.1% →
SIREN 5.38 bits
3.7% →
TASER 4.79 bits
2.8% →
ARSON 4.50 bits
2.2% →
SENOR 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1A1C3T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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