5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with CO and ending in ET (CO_ET)

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What the remaining words have in common

3 matching words0 not previously used2 past answers

Position 3M 33%S 33%V 33%

Possible answers

COMET COVET

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

COMET used COVET used COSET guess

Primary objective: finish in the turns you have left

Can you finish CO_ET?

Set your guesses left, add the feedback you already have, and explore what each next guess could reveal. This planner starts with CO_ET as your green-letter clues.

Plans use our working Wordle answer pool, including previously used answers. A guarantee applies to that pool and the clues you enter.

Two-turn example: COMET

In normal mode, this play can cover 2 of 2 possible answers within two guesses, using the pattern alone.

See how the feedback separates the answers
  • COVET — play this answer next
  • COMET — solved on this guess

Adapt this example to your board below. Extra clues and Hard Mode can change the best play.

Advanced: one-turn information and shortlist comparisons

These alternatives optimize how evenly one guess splits the answers. The planner above prioritizes finishing within your remaining turns.

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Shortlist note

How to play this shortlist

This pattern has 3 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: COMET (March 30, 2026); COVET (June 23, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter COMET
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
1.0 bits

It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.

Hard Mode COMET keeps every stated clue.

It is legal under the clues represented on this page. If you also have yellow-position information, check that extra detail in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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Pattern guide

What fits CO_ET?

All 3 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 3rd letter M, S, V
Meanings and answer history

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COMET

A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to the Sun that the ice vaporises to form an atmosphere, or coma, which may be blown by the solar wind to produce a visible tail.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: October 19, 2021; March 30, 2026.

COVET

To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: June 23, 2023.

COSET

The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a given fixed element of the group on each element of a given subgroup.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match CO_ET?
3 five-letter words match CO_ET in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.