5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

COCKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɒks/

Noun

plural of cock

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cock

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.

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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 C__K_ C in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

First-turn measures

All four describe COCKS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.53 Entropy (bits)
422 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How COCKS 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.83% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#13,174 Rank among openers
Opening with COCKS left 4 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.85 average. It ranks #13,174 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
683
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
334
6 guesses
28
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
24%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

COCKS can come back 58 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

871 answers
350 answers
242 answers
173 answers
96 answers
91 answers
65 answers
49 answers
44 answers
33 answers
29 answers
27 answers
24 answers
24 answers
21 answers
20 answers
18 answers
17 answers
14 answers
14 answers
13 answers
11 answers
11 answers
9 answers
8 answers
7 answers
6 answers
6 answers
6 answers
5 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1C3K5S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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

Try next

RAILE STALE TRONE TALER TIARE PAIRE

Strategy after playing COCKS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to COCKS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COCKS:

37% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
STALE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.7% →
RAILE 6.27 bits
14.7% →
STALE 5.68 bits
10.2% →
TRONE 5.20 bits
7.3% →
TALER 4.48 bits
4.0% →
TIARE 5.07 bits
3.8% →
PAIRE 5.23 bits
2.7% →
PEART 4.25 bits
2.1% →
URITE 4.02 bits
1.9% →
BLAER 4.60 bits
1.4% →
SLART 3.98 bits