5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

CRIED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹaɪd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of cry

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 CRIED performs as a guess

CRIED 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #54 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___D C in the 1st position and D in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE ROAST SLANT TEASE TONAL
Words starting with C Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRIED 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#54 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRIED ranks #54 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
1,063
4 guesses
1,055
5 guesses
138
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
41%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CRIED in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

127 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
253
137
119
106
102
80
79
75
63
49
48
46
43
40
38
34
29
28
26
24
22
21
21
20
19
16
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRIED:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SAULT 5.99 bits
10.7% →
SLATE 5.87 bits
5.8% →
ROAST 5.06 bits
5.0% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
4.5% →
ROAST 3.62 bits
4.3% →
TEASE 4.68 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.61 bits
3.2% →
SAULT 4.79 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1I1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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