5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

COBRA

COBRA is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊbɹə//ˈkɒbɹə//ˈkoʊbɹə/

Noun

Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.

Noun

Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 COBRA performs as a guess

COBRA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,062 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___A C in the 1st position and A in the 5th position C__R_ C in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SEINE SALET SIENT TUILE SHINE
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COBRA 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,062 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COBRA ranks #3,062 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
16
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:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B A L M Y
C O B R A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches COBRA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
325
199
137
116
108
75
68
56
53
46
44
43
37
36
35
31
30
26
24
23
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22
21
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COBRA:

17% chance
Suggested:
STILE
14% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
STILE 6.16 bits
13.8% →
STILE 5.63 bits
8.4% →
SEINE 5.22 bits
5.8% →
SALET 4.61 bits
4.9% →
SIENT 5.07 bits
4.6% →
TUILE 4.38 bits
3.2% →
SHINE 4.88 bits
2.9% →
TRINE 4.18 bits
2.4% →
SHUTE 3.98 bits
2.2% →
LEANT 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1B3R1A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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