5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COIGN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɔɪn/

Noun

A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.

Noun

The keystone of an arch.

Verb

To furnish with coigns.

Alternative forms: coigne

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 COIGN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COIGN 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,920 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__G_ C in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

REAST SATER SALET TALER LEAST SLATE
Words starting with C Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COIGN 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,920 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COIGN ranks #1,920 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
965
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
156
6 guesses
13
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:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
36%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

600
171
167
138
123
118
98
85
70
42
35
33
30
30
28
27
25
25
25
25
25
21
21
20
20
20
20
20
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COIGN:

25% chance
Suggested:
REAST
7% chance
Suggested:
SATER
7% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
REAST 6.35 bits
7.3% →
SATER 5.17 bits
7.1% →
SALET 5.25 bits
5.9% →
TALER 4.71 bits
5.2% →
LEAST 5.28 bits
5.0% →
SLATE 5.24 bits
4.2% →
REACT 5.36 bits
3.6% →
PRATE 5.24 bits
3.0% →
GRATE 4.99 bits
1.8% →
TIARE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1I1G2N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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