5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COVED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of cove

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 COVED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COVED 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,637 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___D C in the 1st position and D in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position CO_ED C in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLART ARSON STAIR SALTY SHALT
Words starting with C Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COVED 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
0.68 Volatility
#6,637 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COVED ranks #6,637 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
827
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
10
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
34%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
366
181
165
111
98
72
72
68
64
60
33
32
32
32
25
25
23
21
21
21
20
19
19
19
18
16
16
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COVED:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
SAINT 6.18 bits
15.5% →
SLART 5.89 bits
7.7% →
ARSON 5.18 bits
7.0% →
STAIR 4.71 bits
4.7% →
SALTY 4.62 bits
4.2% →
SHALT 4.75 bits
3.1% →
GEARE 4.55 bits
3.1% →
LAIRY 4.53 bits
2.9% →
DAILY 4.68 bits
2.7% →
LEARE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1V4E1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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