5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CRIOS

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 CRIOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRIOS 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #499 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT STALE TERRA TILDE ROATE TREAD
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRIOS 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#499 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRIOS ranks #499 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
1,036
4 guesses
1,084
5 guesses
155
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
32%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

335
204
182
169
145
80
73
70
69
64
58
56
52
42
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24
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRIOS:

14% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
9% chance
Suggested:
STALE
8% chance
Suggested:
TERRA

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
LEANT 5.95 bits
8.6% →
STALE 5.76 bits
7.7% →
TERRA 5.22 bits
7.2% →
LEANT 4.99 bits
6.1% →
TILDE 5.27 bits
3.4% →
ROATE 4.13 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.94 bits
3.0% →
TREAD 4.63 bits
2.9% →
LEANT 5.06 bits
2.7% →
PARTE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1I1O1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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