5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

COOMB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kuːm/

Noun

An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels.

Noun

Alternative spelling of combe.

Alternative forms: comb

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 COOMB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COOMB 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 56.5% of games, misses completely in 43.5%, and leaves about 497 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,911 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___B C in the 1st position and B in the 5th position C__M_ C in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__B O in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE TIARE RAILE TALER SLANT MAILE
Words starting with C Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.53 Entropy (bits)
497 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COOMB 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
#11,911 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COOMB ranks #11,911 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
721
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
25
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)
56%
Green tile
30%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1026
150
143
138
118
117
111
99
41
31
25
23
21
21
20
20
20
18
17
17
16
15
14
10
9
9
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COOMB:

44% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
6% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.5% →
RAISE 6.17 bits
6.4% →
TIARE 5.43 bits
6.1% →
RAILE 5.64 bits
5.9% →
TALER 4.60 bits
5.0% →
SLANT 4.91 bits
5.0% →
MAILE 5.21 bits
4.7% →
RAILE 5.22 bits
4.2% →
LATER 5.17 bits
1.7% →
PARLE 4.52 bits
1.3% →
TRINE 3.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1O1M3B3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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