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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess S tier opener

CRATE

Yes, CRATE was the Wordle answer on August 3, 2021 (Wordle #45).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹeɪt/

Noun

A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.

Noun

A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.

Verb

To put into a crate.

Verb

To keep in a crate.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 3, 2021 (#45).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CRATE performs as a guess

CRATE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.3% of games, misses completely in 10.7%, and leaves about 75 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #8 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.53 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__T_ C in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SONLY OLDEN HOIST SORRY RADAR
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.83 Entropy (bits)
75 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.8% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRATE 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.

3.53 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRATE ranks #11 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
106
3 guesses
1,065
4 guesses
1,020
5 guesses
146
6 guesses
14
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
43%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A C R I D
C R A T E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CRATE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

148 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

253
132
125
117
106
92
65
62
59
58
52
51
50
49
45
42
40
40
36
35
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23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRATE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
6% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
5% chance
Suggested:
OLDEN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.7% →
SOILY 5.65 bits
5.6% →
SONLY 5.23 bits
5.3% →
OLDEN 4.98 bits
5.0% →
SOILY 3.94 bits
4.5% →
SOILY 4.73 bits
3.9% →
HOIST 5.03 bits
2.8% →
SORRY 4.68 bits
2.6% →
RADAR 4.08 bits
2.5% →
SLEET 4.74 bits
2.5% →
TALON 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1A1T1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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