5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COZES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of coze

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 COZES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COZES 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,232 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position CO_ES C in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL TIARE SAULT LATER TALON SLART
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COZES 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,232 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COZES ranks #11,232 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
728
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
23
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:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
32%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

388
346
212
174
169
132
118
76
70
63
63
50
49
41
29
28
27
22
22
20
20
17
15
15
14
14
14
12
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COZES:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
TRAIL 5.97 bits
14.7% →
TIARE 5.43 bits
9.0% →
SAULT 5.31 bits
7.4% →
LATER 4.43 bits
7.2% →
TALON 5.09 bits
5.6% →
SLART 4.99 bits
5.0% →
LAIRY 4.17 bits
3.2% →
RAINY 4.56 bits
3.0% →
LAIRY 4.65 bits
2.7% →
BRANE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1Z10E1S1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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