5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COXAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

sciatic (relating to the hip)

Adjective

Relating to a coxite

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 COXAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COXAL 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 216 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,655 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___L C in the 1st position and L in the 5th position C__A_ C in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

STIRE TARSE TRINE SUITE RUOTE STALE
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
216 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% 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 COXAL 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,655 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COXAL ranks #8,655 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
17
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:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
29%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

506
350
182
162
150
130
86
62
56
55
48
44
42
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21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COXAL:

21% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
STIRE 6.13 bits
14.8% →
TARSE 5.59 bits
7.7% →
TRINE 5.48 bits
6.9% →
SUITE 5.26 bits
6.4% →
RUOTE 4.55 bits
5.5% →
STALE 4.77 bits
3.6% →
TRICE 5.09 bits
2.6% →
BARON 4.53 bits
2.4% →
TREAD 4.45 bits
2.3% →
TARSE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1X8A1L1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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