5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COYPU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪ.pu/

Noun

A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.

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 COYPU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COYPU 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 277 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,723 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__U O in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TRONE SLATE TALER RANSE SLIER
Words starting with C Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
277 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COYPU 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,723 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COYPU ranks #9,723 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
19
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:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
22%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

689
220
199
166
116
115
106
85
54
48
38
37
35
35
33
33
30
29
21
20
20
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COYPU:

29% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
TIARE 6.16 bits
9.3% →
TRONE 5.32 bits
8.4% →
SLATE 5.37 bits
7.0% →
TALER 4.99 bits
4.9% →
RANSE 4.74 bits
4.9% →
SLIER 5.59 bits
4.5% →
LEANT 5.25 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 5.08 bits
2.3% →
DROLE 3.76 bits
2.0% →
SLART 3.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1Y4P3U1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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