5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CREWE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A group of people, especially in Louisiana, who support a Mardi Gras float in parades, as well as other charity work.

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 CREWE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CREWE 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 74.1% of games, misses completely in 25.9%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,813 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__W_ C in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT ROAST SLANT LEANT STAIR SAINT
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CREWE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,813 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CREWE ranks #7,813 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
838
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
38%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

610
193
191
169
154
115
107
75
50
48
43
42
32
26
25
25
25
22
21
19
19
19
18
18
16
14
13
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CREWE:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.9% →
SAULT 5.99 bits
8.2% →
ROAST 5.11 bits
8.1% →
SLANT 5.24 bits
7.2% →
LEANT 5.24 bits
6.5% →
STAIR 4.12 bits
4.9% →
SAINT 4.90 bits
4.5% →
SAINT 4.66 bits
3.2% →
CHAIN 4.42 bits
2.1% →
SOILY 4.46 bits
2.0% →
SLANT 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1E1W4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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