5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CREWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹuːz//kɹʉwz//kɹuz/

Noun

plural of crew

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of crew

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 CREWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CREWS 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,627 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__W_ C in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LIANE SAULT REATE LORRY SLANT
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CREWS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,627 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CREWS ranks #6,627 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
847
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

398
292
198
188
138
111
90
78
69
54
52
45
44
42
38
33
33
27
25
24
19
17
17
17
16
15
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CREWS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
TALON 5.81 bits
12.4% →
LIANE 5.38 bits
8.4% →
SAULT 5.28 bits
8.0% →
REATE 4.49 bits
5.8% →
LORRY 4.86 bits
4.7% →
SLANT 4.80 bits
3.8% →
DROIT 4.54 bits
3.3% →
LATCH 4.47 bits
2.9% →
ALONE 4.28 bits
2.3% →
POTAE 3.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1E1W4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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