5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CONGA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋɡə//ˈkɑŋɡə/

Noun

A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.

Noun

A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain.

Verb

To dance the conga.

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 CONGA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CONGA 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,210 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___A C in the 1st position and A in the 5th position C__G_ C in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER TARSE TRIPE STOLE INTER STIRE
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CONGA 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,210 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CONGA ranks #4,210 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

461
392
146
124
107
81
78
64
58
55
54
53
51
47
34
32
31
29
25
23
22
22
22
20
19
19
16
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CONGA:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
SLIER 6.17 bits
16.6% →
TARSE 5.66 bits
6.2% →
TRIPE 5.23 bits
5.3% →
STOLE 4.50 bits
4.5% →
INTER 5.13 bits
3.4% →
SLIER 4.71 bits
3.3% →
STIRE 4.99 bits
2.7% →
LEAST 4.59 bits
2.5% →
SLIER 4.73 bits
2.3% →
ABORT 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1N1G2A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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