5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

COATE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of coat.

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 COATE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COATE 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 91.8% of games, misses completely in 8.2%, and leaves about 76 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,033 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__T_ C in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLIMY SALAD SIRED PRONG RENAL
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.67 Entropy (bits)
76 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.8% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COATE 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,033 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COATE ranks #1,033 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
1,000
4 guesses
1,072
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
17
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
46%
All gray
8%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

196
194
134
103
98
95
83
79
78
76
55
52
51
49
43
41
40
38
36
36
32
28
28
26
24
23
21
21
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COATE:

8% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLIMY
6% chance
Suggested:
SALAD

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.3% →
SLIER 5.25 bits
8.2% →
SLIMY 5.45 bits
5.7% →
SALAD 4.83 bits
4.4% →
SIRED 4.49 bits
4.2% →
PRONG 4.61 bits
4.0% →
RENAL 4.53 bits
3.5% →
SNARL 4.26 bits
3.4% →
SLEER 4.87 bits
3.3% →
SHUNT 4.91 bits
3.2% →
GODLY 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1A1T1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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