5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CORNO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

French horn

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 CORNO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CORNO 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,862 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___O C in the 1st position and O in the 5th position C__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TEASE LAIDE SHALE STAGE SAUTE
Words starting with C Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CORNO 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,862 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CORNO ranks #6,862 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
24
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:
NOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
33%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

615
322
151
104
93
87
87
87
81
59
47
47
36
34
34
29
25
24
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19
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CORNO:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
6% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
SLATE 6.50 bits
13.7% →
TEASE 5.32 bits
6.4% →
LAIDE 5.17 bits
4.4% →
SHALE 5.04 bits
3.9% →
STAGE 4.82 bits
3.7% →
SAUTE 4.99 bits
3.7% →
SLATE 5.18 bits
3.7% →
SADLY 4.75 bits
3.4% →
TRAVE 4.29 bits
2.5% →
MAILE 4.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1R1N1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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