5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CORDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɔːdz//kɔɹdz/

Noun

plural of cord

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cord

Noun

Corduroys.

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 CORDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CORDS 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,711 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__D_ C in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE STALE LEANT ALINE ANILE ATONE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CORDS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,711 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CORDS ranks #1,711 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
996
4 guesses
1,113
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

428
265
239
108
99
98
82
81
72
66
60
57
50
38
33
32
29
28
28
28
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14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CORDS:

18% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
LIANE 6.17 bits
11.2% →
STALE 5.74 bits
10.1% →
LEANT 5.41 bits
4.6% →
ALINE 5.40 bits
4.2% →
ANILE 5.42 bits
4.2% →
LIANE 5.10 bits
3.5% →
ATONE 4.32 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.46 bits
3.1% →
SPATE 4.89 bits
2.8% →
DAINE 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1R1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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