5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COWPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of cowp

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cowp

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 COWPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COWPS 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 69.5% of games, misses completely in 30.5%, and leaves about 301 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,792 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___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 ARIEL GRATE LEANT STARE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
301 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COWPS 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
0.67 Volatility
#6,792 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COWPS ranks #6,792 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
6
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
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
23%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

719
284
191
138
115
112
102
70
62
48
39
31
29
27
27
27
26
23
19
19
18
18
15
14
14
14
13
12
12
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COWPS:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.5% →
RAILE 6.28 bits
12.0% →
STALE 5.64 bits
8.1% →
ARIEL 5.18 bits
5.9% →
GRATE 4.63 bits
4.9% →
LEANT 5.31 bits
4.7% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
4.3% →
RAILE 5.34 bits
3.0% →
STARE 5.12 bits
2.6% →
TRADE 5.31 bits
2.0% →
STRAE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1W4P3S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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