5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

COVEY

COVEY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvi//ˈkəʊvi//ˈkoʊvi/

Noun

A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).

Noun

A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).

Verb

To gather into a group.

Alternative forms: covie

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 COVEY performs as a guess

COVEY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,643 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position CO_EY C in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SLANT ARSON SAULT STAIR SAUNT
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COVEY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,643 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COVEY ranks #8,643 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
783
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
237
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
43%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
V I N Y L
C O V E Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches COVEY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

397
393
193
191
189
91
87
69
69
65
54
52
35
32
31
27
27
23
21
20
18
16
15
15
15
14
13
12
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COVEY:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
17% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
SLART 5.77 bits
16.7% →
SLANT 6.23 bits
8.2% →
ARSON 5.12 bits
8.1% →
SAULT 4.68 bits
8.0% →
STAIR 4.77 bits
3.9% →
SAUNT 4.54 bits
3.7% →
SHALT 4.72 bits
2.9% →
SNARE 4.29 bits
2.9% →
LEARE 4.75 bits
2.8% →
CHAIR 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1V4E1Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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