5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CREPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Crepitations.

“bibasal creps”

Noun

plural of crep (“athletic shoe”)

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 CREPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CREPS 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,249 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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

TONAL ANILE REATE SAINT LORRY SLANT
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CREPS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,249 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CREPS ranks #2,249 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
164
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
26%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

361
281
182
177
139
94
90
73
65
53
45
45
43
41
40
39
33
30
30
25
24
23
20
20
17
17
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14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CREPS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
12% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
REATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
TONAL 5.95 bits
11.9% →
ANILE 5.37 bits
7.7% →
REATE 4.47 bits
7.5% →
SAINT 5.39 bits
5.9% →
LORRY 4.93 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.84 bits
3.8% →
TRAIN 4.50 bits
3.1% →
LATCH 4.53 bits
2.8% →
ALONE 4.37 bits
2.2% →
PLANT 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1E1P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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