5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COMBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kəʊmz//koʊmz//kɒmbz/

Noun

plural of comb

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of comb

Noun

Combinations (underwear).

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 COMBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COMBS 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 71.3% of games, misses completely in 28.7%, and leaves about 287 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,646 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__B_ C in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE TRONE TALER TIARE PEART
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
287 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COMBS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,646 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COMBS ranks #6,646 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
216
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
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
23%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

677
339
175
119
119
116
94
84
65
39
36
34
33
31
30
29
23
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10
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COMBS:

29% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
14% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.7% →
RAILE 6.24 bits
14.4% →
STALE 5.61 bits
7.4% →
TRONE 5.23 bits
5.0% →
TALER 4.57 bits
5.0% →
TIARE 5.42 bits
4.9% →
RAILE 5.60 bits
4.0% →
RAILE 5.30 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 5.35 bits
2.8% →
PEART 4.23 bits
1.7% →
URITE 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1M3B3S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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