5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CRAKE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪk/

Noun

Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.

Verb

To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.

Verb

To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.

Noun

A crack; a boast.

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 CRAKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRAKE 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,175 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__K_ C in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TALON INLET SEITY TORUS RATIO
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRAKE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#4,175 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRAKE ranks #4,175 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
926
4 guesses
1,117
5 guesses
215
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
41%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

349
200
185
147
130
101
77
67
62
61
57
56
53
46
41
32
32
30
30
25
22
22
21
20
20
17
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRAKE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON
8% chance
Suggested:
INLET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
SOILY 5.64 bits
8.5% →
TALON 5.30 bits
7.8% →
INLET 5.04 bits
6.2% →
SEITY 3.95 bits
5.5% →
SOILY 4.76 bits
4.3% →
TORUS 5.09 bits
3.3% →
RATIO 4.14 bits
2.8% →
PRINT 3.99 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.76 bits
2.6% →
METAL 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1A1K5E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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