5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

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.

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___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

Try next

RAILE STALE TRONE TALER TIARE PAIRE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.53 Entropy (bits)
419 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 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
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,174 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COCKS 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 (3.45 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

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

864
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48
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33
28
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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.

36.6% →
RAILE 6.27 bits
14.8% →
STALE 5.68 bits
10.2% →
TRONE 5.20 bits
7.3% →
TALER 4.48 bits
4.1% →
TIARE 5.07 bits
3.9% →
PAIRE 5.23 bits
2.8% →
PEART 4.25 bits
2.0% →
URITE 4.01 bits
1.8% →
BLAER 4.59 bits
1.4% →
ALURE 3.96 bits

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.