5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COWRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of cowrie.

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 COWRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COWRY 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,125 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___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__R_ C in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SAINE SAULT SLANT LIANE PATER
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COWRY 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,125 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COWRY ranks #7,125 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
13
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:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
36%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

590
316
180
157
115
91
87
68
58
55
52
45
44
39
37
26
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COWRY:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
SLATE 6.44 bits
13.4% →
SAINE 5.29 bits
7.6% →
SAULT 4.80 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.25 bits
4.9% →
LIANE 5.23 bits
3.9% →
PATER 4.18 bits
3.7% →
TUILE 4.54 bits
2.9% →
MAILE 5.00 bits
2.5% →
LEAST 4.97 bits
2.3% →
THALE 5.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1W4R1Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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