Opener Lab
CROST vs SLANE
See which word leaves you with the easier game.
Both words are in the current screen of 182 openers, tested against 2,358 answers. Exact misses rank first; average guesses among wins break ties.
The same solver played from both openers. SLANE has the lower average in games solved within six: 3.46 guesses to 3.48 for CROST.
Looking only at the opening row, SLANE has higher entropy (5.77 bits versus 5.31). That describes first-guess separation, not the full solve on its own.
| Metric | CROST | SLANE |
|---|---|---|
| Elimination | 95.0% | 96.8% |
| Information | 5.31 bits | 5.77 bits |
| Avg remaining | 118 words | 76 words |
| Avg turns | 3.48 | 3.46 |
| Missed in six | 0 | 0 |
| Win rate | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Tier | B | A |
What to expect from the first guess
| Outcome | CROST | SLANE |
|---|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% | 0% |
| At least one green | 37.0% | 46.3% |
| Any green or yellow | 84.1% | 90.0% |
| Whole row gray | 15.9% | 10.0% |
| Worst case answers left | 374 | 235 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.
A fully gray row is rarer with SLANE: it happens 10.0% of the time, against 15.9% for CROST.
Neither word is on the possible-answer list, so neither can solve the game on turn one here. Both can still be useful guesses.
How these two openers fit together
CROST and SLANE overlap on a single letter (S), so the pair tests 9 different letters between them.
Played back to back, CROST then SLANE earns 9.11 bits of information in total, 3.34 bits more than the better word manages alone.
Past Wordle answers
- CROST: Has not been a past Wordle answer in this site's history.
- SLANE: Has not been a past Wordle answer in this site's history.