5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

COYLY

Yes, COYLY was the Wordle answer on August 2, 2022 (Wordle #409).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪli/

Adverb

In a coy manner.

Alternative forms: coily

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 2, 2022 (#409).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How COYLY performs as a guess

COYLY 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 69.7% of games, misses completely in 30.3%, and leaves about 310 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,115 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE TRONE SAINT TIARE RANSE IRATE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
310 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COYLY 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,115 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COYLY ranks #12,115 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
726
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
299
6 guesses
31
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
36%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
C O Y L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches COYLY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

714
268
233
185
134
125
86
76
62
44
36
32
32
29
29
25
23
21
19
17
15
14
11
10
10
10
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COYLY:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.3% →
RAISE 6.25 bits
11.4% →
RAISE 5.54 bits
9.9% →
TRONE 5.38 bits
7.8% →
SAINT 4.88 bits
5.7% →
TIARE 5.46 bits
5.3% →
RANSE 4.75 bits
3.6% →
IRATE 5.31 bits
3.2% →
SAUTE 4.77 bits
2.6% →
ALOOF 4.23 bits
1.9% →
TRODE 3.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1Y4L1Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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