5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CRINS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of crin.

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 CRINS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRINS 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #211 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE TERRA STALE TILDE LADEN PLATE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRINS 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#211 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRINS ranks #211 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
1,075
4 guesses
1,087
5 guesses
128
6 guesses
14
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:
INRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
31%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

376
252
221
120
107
89
82
68
55
54
53
52
46
39
36
35
34
34
29
29
27
27
25
23
23
22
20
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRINS:

16% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
9% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
OLATE 5.99 bits
10.7% →
TERRA 5.39 bits
9.4% →
STALE 5.87 bits
5.1% →
TILDE 5.20 bits
4.5% →
LADEN 5.06 bits
3.8% →
PLATE 4.74 bits
3.5% →
POTAE 5.08 bits
2.9% →
HAOLE 4.86 bits
2.3% →
BEATY 4.32 bits
2.3% →
HAOLE 5.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1I1N1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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