5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

COSTE

COSTE 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

Proper noun

A surname.

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 COSTE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COSTE 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 88.7% of games, misses completely in 11.3%, and leaves about 101 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,580 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__T_ C in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

DAILY ARIEL GLARE SNARL ADORN TRAIL
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.37 Entropy (bits)
101 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 COSTE 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
0.70 Volatility
#1,580 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COSTE ranks #1,580 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
976
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
14
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:
EOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
40%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

266
243
142
122
121
100
90
86
64
61
58
55
50
43
35
33
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26
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COSTE:

11% chance
Suggested:
DAILY
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
6% chance
Suggested:
GLARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.3% →
DAILY 5.71 bits
10.3% →
ARIEL 5.21 bits
6.0% →
GLARE 4.63 bits
5.2% →
SNARL 4.97 bits
5.1% →
ADORN 5.11 bits
4.2% →
TRAIL 5.36 bits
3.8% →
ARIEL 4.55 bits
3.6% →
MOLDY 4.20 bits
2.7% →
STAIR 4.55 bits
2.6% →
RAINY 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1S1T1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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