5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CODEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An alphanumeric bibliographic code used to identify periodicals and other publications.

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 CODEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CODEN 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #433 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___N C in the 1st position and N in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLART STAIR SAINT SALTY REATE SEINE
Words starting with C Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CODEN 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#433 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CODEN ranks #433 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
996
4 guesses
1,140
5 guesses
134
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:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
35%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

373
321
138
133
129
90
77
66
64
62
58
55
49
34
32
31
29
25
25
24
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21
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CODEN:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
SLART
6% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
SLART 6.17 bits
13.6% →
SLART 6.00 bits
5.9% →
STAIR 4.59 bits
5.6% →
SLART 5.21 bits
5.5% →
SAINT 5.32 bits
3.8% →
SALTY 4.59 bits
3.3% →
SLART 4.71 bits
2.8% →
REATE 4.75 bits
2.7% →
SEINE 4.63 bits
2.6% →
LAIRY 5.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1D2E1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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