5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

COMPO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɒm.pəʊ/

Noun

Abbreviation of compensation.

Noun

Abbreviation of composition.

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 COMPO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COMPO 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 58.4% of games, misses completely in 41.6%, and leaves about 467 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,243 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___O C in the 1st position and O in the 5th position C__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TRONE SLIER TALER RAILE SATED
Words starting with C Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.60 Entropy (bits)
467 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COMPO 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,243 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COMPO ranks #11,243 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
751
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
20
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:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
25%
All gray
42%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

981
194
165
142
141
111
108
29
28
28
28
26
26
25
25
24
23
21
20
19
18
16
15
12
9
7
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COMPO:

42% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.6% →
TIARE 6.25 bits
8.2% →
TRONE 5.31 bits
7.0% →
SLIER 5.64 bits
6.0% →
TIARE 5.43 bits
6.0% →
TALER 4.57 bits
4.7% →
RAILE 5.45 bits
4.6% →
RAILE 5.26 bits
1.2% →
SATED 4.12 bits
1.2% →
SARGE 4.35 bits
1.2% →
LATER 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1M3P3O1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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