5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of comp

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of comp

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 COMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COMPS 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 71.1% of games, misses completely in 28.9%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,675 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE TALER DROLE TIARE ARIEL
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COMPS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,675 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COMPS ranks #4,675 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
14
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
24%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

681
286
181
130
114
98
93
81
65
51
37
30
28
27
27
27
27
23
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16
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14
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COMPS:

29% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.9% →
RAILE 6.27 bits
12.1% →
STALE 5.61 bits
7.7% →
TALER 5.29 bits
5.5% →
DROLE 4.36 bits
4.8% →
TIARE 5.36 bits
4.2% →
ARIEL 5.39 bits
3.9% →
RAILE 5.32 bits
3.4% →
RAILE 5.28 bits
2.8% →
SATER 4.86 bits
2.2% →
SNORT 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1M3P3S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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