5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

CRESS

CRESS is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹɛs/

Noun

A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.

Noun

Archaic form of kris.

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

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 CRESS performs as a guess

CRESS 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,197 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__S_ C in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ANILE REATE SAINT LORRY TRAIN
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRESS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,197 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRESS ranks #10,197 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CRESS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
319
207
163
151
108
85
79
70
56
52
50
48
39
36
35
34
32
25
24
19
18
18
17
16
15
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRESS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
9% chance
Suggested:
REATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
TALON 5.84 bits
13.5% →
ANILE 5.38 bits
8.8% →
REATE 4.43 bits
6.9% →
SAINT 5.14 bits
6.4% →
LORRY 4.90 bits
4.6% →
TRAIN 4.43 bits
3.6% →
LATCH 4.45 bits
3.4% →
PLATE 4.69 bits
3.0% →
ALONE 4.32 bits
2.4% →
POTAE 3.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1E1S1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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