5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CRAPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹæps/

Noun

A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap.

Noun

plural of crap

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of crap

Alternative forms: crap

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 CRAPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRAPS 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #428 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TONEY TALER BLITE TUILE SHOTE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.99 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRAPS 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#428 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRAPS ranks #428 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
1,026
4 guesses
1,100
5 guesses
146
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

400
226
203
182
105
86
75
66
61
60
59
56
53
49
36
35
29
28
27
25
24
22
19
19
18
18
17
17
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRAPS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TONEY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
TOILE 6.14 bits
9.6% →
TOILE 5.32 bits
8.6% →
TONEY 5.13 bits
7.7% →
TOILE 5.37 bits
4.5% →
TALER 4.63 bits
3.6% →
BLITE 4.70 bits
3.2% →
TUILE 4.87 bits
2.8% →
SHOTE 4.71 bits
2.6% →
BLITE 4.47 bits
2.5% →
STILE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1A1P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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