5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

COMMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of comm

Noun

Clipping of communications

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 COMMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COMMS 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 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 373 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,898 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__M_ C in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

3.69 Entropy (bits)
373 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COMMS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,898 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COMMS ranks #11,898 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
729
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
308
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
25%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

800
359
213
142
133
101
67
65
43
33
29
28
27
26
26
24
20
20
18
16
16
13
13
12
10
10
7
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COMMS:

34% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
STALE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
15.2% →
STALE 5.61 bits
9.0% →
TRONE 5.23 bits
6.0% →
DROLE 4.36 bits
5.6% →
TIARE 5.39 bits
4.3% →
RAILE 5.30 bits
2.8% →
PEART 4.21 bits
2.8% →
RAILE 5.13 bits
1.8% →
URITE 4.06 bits
1.4% →
PLACE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1M3M3S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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