5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CORES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɔːz//kɔɹz/[kʰo̞ɹz]

Noun

plural of core

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of core

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 CORES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CORES 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 100 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,300 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__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position CO_ES C in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

PAINT DEALT SAULT TRAIN SLANT ANILE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.38 Entropy (bits)
100 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CORES 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
0.71 Volatility
#1,300 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CORES ranks #1,300 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,106
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
18
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:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
36%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

124 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

259
230
161
111
105
103
100
88
87
75
64
61
46
44
43
37
36
29
27
25
22
21
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CORES:

11% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
PAINT 5.73 bits
9.8% →
DEALT 5.53 bits
6.8% →
SAULT 5.30 bits
4.7% →
TRAIN 5.12 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 4.97 bits
4.4% →
ANILE 3.55 bits
4.2% →
TRADE 4.72 bits
3.7% →
TALON 5.05 bits
3.7% →
MOLDY 4.13 bits
3.2% →
DROIT 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1R1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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