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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

CREDO

Yes, CREDO was the Wordle answer on March 19, 2023 (Wordle #638).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹidəʊ//ˈkɹeɪdəʊ//ˈkɹidoʊ/

Noun

A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.

Noun

The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.

“Credo III is so beautiful!”

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: March 19, 2023 (#638).

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

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How CREDO performs as a guess

CREDO 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #761 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___O C in the 1st position and O in the 5th position C__D_ C in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _R__O R in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SLATE SETAE SAULT SOLVE SHALT
Words starting with C Words ending with O

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CREDO 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#761 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CREDO ranks #761 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
1,004
4 guesses
1,110
5 guesses
156
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
F R E E D
C R E D O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CREDO in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

364
271
182
162
96
82
79
76
70
61
52
47
46
46
40
37
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22
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CREDO:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SETAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
SLANT 6.12 bits
11.5% →
SLATE 5.65 bits
7.7% →
SETAE 4.74 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.31 bits
4.1% →
SAULT 5.18 bits
3.5% →
SOLVE 4.39 bits
3.4% →
SHALT 4.68 bits
3.2% →
SAUNT 4.33 bits
3.0% →
SHALT 5.13 bits
2.6% →
SAINT 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1E1D2O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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