5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CRIBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹɪbz/

Noun

plural of crib

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of crib

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 CRIBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRIBS 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,344 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__B_ C in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE STALE TERRA TILDE ATONE POTAE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRIBS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,344 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRIBS ranks #2,344 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
968
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
11
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:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
28%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

438
262
253
158
100
91
88
81
81
69
60
58
39
35
35
33
32
31
29
25
20
18
16
15
15
13
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRIBS:

19% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
11% chance
Suggested:
TERRA

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
ALONE 6.00 bits
11.1% →
STALE 5.73 bits
10.7% →
TERRA 5.29 bits
6.7% →
TILDE 5.20 bits
4.2% →
ATONE 4.82 bits
3.9% →
POTAE 5.06 bits
3.7% →
ALONE 5.44 bits
3.4% →
ATONE 5.05 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 5.18 bits
2.9% →
ALONE 5.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1I1B3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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