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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COTTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of cott

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 COTTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COTTS 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 260 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,674 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__T_ C in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position CO_TS C in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

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RAILE BRANE TIARE DROLE LIANE LEAST
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
260 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COTTS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,674 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COTTS ranks #7,674 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
29%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

651
256
180
166
135
101
99
94
47
44
42
34
33
32
29
27
26
24
24
19
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COTTS:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
BRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
RAILE 6.31 bits
10.9% →
RAILE 5.54 bits
7.6% →
BRANE 5.30 bits
7.0% →
TIARE 5.57 bits
5.7% →
DROLE 4.59 bits
4.3% →
LIANE 5.28 bits
4.2% →
RAILE 5.30 bits
4.0% →
LEAST 4.69 bits
2.0% →
LEARY 4.57 bits
1.9% →
SPANE 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1T1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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