5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

COBLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒbəl/

Noun

A small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach, found on the north-east coast of England and in Scotland.

Alternative forms: cobble

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 COBLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COBLE 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #819 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR ARSON SNAIL RENAL STARY
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COBLE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#819 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COBLE ranks #819 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
991
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
148
6 guesses
10
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
41%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

379
277
169
144
115
94
94
74
60
48
43
42
42
33
32
32
32
29
26
25
24
24
23
23
22
22
21
21
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COBLE:

16% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
SAINT 6.23 bits
11.7% →
STAIR 5.38 bits
7.2% →
STAIR 5.15 bits
6.1% →
ARSON 5.22 bits
4.9% →
SNAIL 5.15 bits
4.0% →
RENAL 4.65 bits
4.0% →
STARY 4.37 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 4.88 bits
2.5% →
SALTY 4.27 bits
2.0% →
SHART 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1B3L1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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