Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

CREIN

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

No dictionary definition for CREIN is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use CREIN in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How CREIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CREIN 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #438 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe CREIN used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.35 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How CREIN 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
99.79% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#438 Rank among openers
Opening with CREIN left 5 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.58 average. It ranks #438 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
1,044
4 guesses
1,029
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

CREIN can come back 126 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

304 answers
245 answers
183 answers
138 answers
116 answers
106 answers
67 answers
65 answers
63 answers
61 answers
57 answers
52 answers
45 answers
37 answers
34 answers
33 answers
32 answers
29 answers
28 answers
28 answers
24 answers
21 answers
21 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers
18 answers
18 answers
18 answers
16 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1E1I1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing CREIN

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to CREIN.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CREIN:

13% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SETAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
SAULT 5.94 bits
10.3% →
SLATE 5.63 bits
7.7% →
SETAE 4.79 bits
5.8% →
ROAST 5.08 bits
4.9% →
SPILT 5.06 bits
4.4% →
SAULT 5.16 bits
2.8% →
SHALT 5.10 bits
2.7% →
SAULT 4.84 bits
2.6% →
STILE 4.62 bits
2.6% →
SLATY 4.27 bits

Research on CREIN

Game-tree analysis and word research for CREIN, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with CREIN, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.63 guesses and ranks #917 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with CREIN can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.58, at or below the proven-optimal 3.63, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).