5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

COLOR

COLOR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌl.ə//ˈkʌl.ə(ɹ)/[ˈkʰʌl.ə(ɹ)]

Noun

The spectral composition of visible light.

“Humans and birds can perceive color.”

Noun

A subset thereof:

“Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.”

Adjective

Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.

“Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.”

Verb

To give something color.

“We could color the walls red.”

Alternative forms: colour, usage notes

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 COLOR performs as a guess

COLOR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,554 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___R C in the 1st position and R in the 5th position C__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE TIARE NAICE SAINT STANE DANSE
Words starting with C Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COLOR 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,554 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COLOR ranks #6,554 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
23
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:
LOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
34%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D U C H Y
C O L O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches COLOR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

519
306
275
108
101
82
82
77
65
53
46
44
37
36
36
33
32
29
28
24
21
20
18
17
16
15
13
13
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COLOR:

22% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
13% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
SAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
SAINE 6.27 bits
13.0% →
TIARE 5.57 bits
11.7% →
SAINE 5.46 bits
4.6% →
NAICE 5.13 bits
4.3% →
SAINT 4.21 bits
3.5% →
STANE 5.26 bits
3.5% →
DANSE 4.59 bits
3.3% →
STANE 4.49 bits
2.8% →
SABLE 4.78 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1L1O1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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