5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _CO__

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Possible answers

ACORN SCOFF SCOLD SCONE SCOOP SCOPE SCORE SCORN SCOUR SCOUT SCOWL

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 33 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: ACORN (August 15, 2024); SCOFF (July 6, 2024); SCOLD (February 1, 2023); SCONE (August 11, 2024); SCOOP (June 27, 2026); SCOPE (November 28, 2023); SCORE (February 11, 2025); SCORN (September 30, 2022); plus 3 more.

Top-ranked splitter PEARL
Average remaining
1.18
Worst branch
2
Information
3.28 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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PEARL does not fit this page's clues. SCORE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.0 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: SCO_E

SCONE, SCOPE, SCORE differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; PEARL tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _CO__?

All 33 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 76% E 27% P 21% A 18% N 18% R 15%

Words with five different letters

67% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ACORN SCOLD SCONE SCOPE SCORE

Common letter pairs

CO 25% SC 18% AC 4% OR 3% ON 3%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 36% · two: 52% · three or more: 12%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _CO__?
33 five-letter words match _CO__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SCORE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.43 bits against the possible answers.
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