5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COUPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kuːz/

Noun

plural of coup

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of coup

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 COUPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COUPS 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,996 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE ADORN TALER TIARE PLIER
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COUPS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,996 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COUPS ranks #3,996 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
922
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
27%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

620
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138
121
98
91
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COUPS:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
STALE
8% chance
Suggested:
ADORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
RAILE 6.16 bits
10.3% →
STALE 5.73 bits
7.8% →
ADORN 5.32 bits
5.8% →
TALER 4.62 bits
5.1% →
RAILE 4.91 bits
4.2% →
TIARE 5.28 bits
3.9% →
PLIER 5.41 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 5.15 bits
2.5% →
SATER 4.69 bits
2.2% →
TRONE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1U1P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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