5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

COUTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Clipping of barracouta.

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 COUTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COUTA 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,145 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___A C in the 1st position and A in the 5th position C__T_ C in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SILER SNORE SHIRT SIDLE DROLE
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COUTA 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,145 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COUTA ranks #4,145 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,112
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
28
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
3 vowels
Common:
AOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
327
146
126
123
123
117
59
52
51
51
50
43
38
38
37
29
28
26
26
25
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COUTA:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
14% chance
Suggested:
SILER
6% chance
Suggested:
SNORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
SLIER 5.45 bits
13.9% →
SILER 5.92 bits
6.2% →
SNORE 5.06 bits
5.3% →
SHIRT 5.36 bits
5.2% →
SLIER 5.01 bits
5.2% →
SIDLE 4.90 bits
5.0% →
DROLE 4.62 bits
2.5% →
ARSON 4.51 bits
2.2% →
SANER 4.19 bits
2.2% →
PRONE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1U1T1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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