5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

COLOG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Abbreviation of cologarithm.

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 COLOG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COLOG 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 67.6% of games, misses completely in 32.4%, and leaves about 329 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,200 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___G C in the 1st position and G in the 5th position C__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__G O in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE RAISE TIARE STIRE STURE IRATE
Words starting with C Words ending with G

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
329 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COLOG 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,200 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COLOG ranks #10,200 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
787
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
25
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
29%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

764
300
147
140
138
114
97
71
57
40
37
36
34
31
24
23
22
21
21
21
21
18
18
12
11
9
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COLOG:

32% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
6% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.4% →
TARSE 6.38 bits
12.7% →
RAISE 5.39 bits
6.2% →
TIARE 5.48 bits
5.9% →
TIARE 5.39 bits
5.9% →
STIRE 5.36 bits
4.8% →
STURE 4.65 bits
4.1% →
IRATE 5.39 bits
3.0% →
SABLE 4.79 bits
2.4% →
MARSE 4.46 bits
1.7% →
RAINE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1L1O1G2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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