5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CODEC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.

“Audio and video codecs are important in making multimedia files small enough to distribute and simple to play back.”

Noun

A media coding format.

“H.264 and AV1 are examples of video codecs.”

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 CODEC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CODEC 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,652 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___C C in the 1st position and C in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__C O in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLART ARSON STAIR SALTY SHALT
Words starting with C Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CODEC 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,652 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CODEC ranks #9,652 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
33%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

521
399
194
187
113
85
83
78
75
62
62
41
34
33
29
28
28
22
21
18
17
17
14
12
12
12
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CODEC:

22% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
SAINT 6.19 bits
16.9% →
SLART 5.87 bits
8.2% →
ARSON 5.25 bits
7.9% →
STAIR 4.66 bits
4.8% →
SALTY 4.61 bits
3.6% →
SHALT 4.68 bits
3.5% →
DRAIN 5.13 bits
3.3% →
REATE 4.72 bits
3.2% →
SNARE 4.23 bits
2.6% →
LEARE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1D2E1C3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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