5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

COYER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of coy: more coy

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 COYER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COYER 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 88.8% of games, misses completely in 11.2%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,448 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___R C in the 1st position and R in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position CO_ER C in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SAINT SAULT BEAST SHALT SLAIN
Words starting with C Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COYER 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,448 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COYER ranks #3,448 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
946
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
16
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
33%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

298
264
159
138
122
116
93
85
69
65
61
54
52
47
44
41
37
35
28
25
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23
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22
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19
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COYER:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
SLANT 5.75 bits
11.2% →
SAINT 6.22 bits
6.7% →
SAULT 4.67 bits
5.9% →
SAINT 5.27 bits
5.2% →
BEAST 4.67 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
3.9% →
SAINT 3.89 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 4.64 bits
2.9% →
SHALT 4.62 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1Y4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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