5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CONUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊnəs/

Noun

A cone.

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 CONUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CONUS 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,527 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__U_ C in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CONUS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,527 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CONUS ranks #2,527 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
956
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
167
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:
NOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
28%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
248
142
141
124
116
89
78
62
61
50
49
48
38
35
24
22
22
21
20
19
18
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CONUS:

23% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
6% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
10.5% →
STALE 5.78 bits
6.0% →
TALER 5.17 bits
6.0% →
ARIEL 5.38 bits
5.3% →
PARLE 5.03 bits
4.9% →
TALER 4.59 bits
3.8% →
TIARE 5.27 bits
3.3% →
RAILE 5.11 bits
2.6% →
SALET 4.35 bits
2.6% →
GLARE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1N1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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