5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CUSSO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of kousso.

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 CUSSO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUSSO 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 69.0% of games, misses completely in 31.0%, and leaves about 316 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,673 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___O C in the 1st position and O in the 5th position C__S_ C in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER PLATE TIARE LEANT MARLE
Words starting with C Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
316 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUSSO 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,673 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUSSO ranks #11,673 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
764
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
30
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
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
26%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

730
331
200
114
106
95
95
63
58
43
43
42
35
34
33
28
28
22
18
15
15
14
12
12
11
10
9
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUSSO:

31% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
14.0% →
TALER 5.21 bits
8.5% →
PLATE 5.47 bits
4.8% →
TIARE 5.32 bits
4.5% →
LEANT 5.20 bits
4.0% →
MARLE 4.42 bits
4.0% →
RAILE 5.17 bits
2.7% →
PARTE 4.16 bits
2.5% →
TRAPE 5.17 bits
1.8% →
RONTE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1S1S1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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