5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CRIPE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 CRIPE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRIPE 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 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #88 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SALET LEAST SORRY SLANT LATCH
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.28 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRIPE 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
0.69 Volatility
#88 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRIPE ranks #88 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
1,070
4 guesses
1,034
5 guesses
153
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
40%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

346
193
154
151
139
126
79
71
69
58
45
45
37
35
33
33
32
27
26
26
25
25
21
21
21
19
19
18
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRIPE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
LEAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
SAULT 6.00 bits
8.2% →
SALET 5.26 bits
6.5% →
LEAST 4.33 bits
6.4% →
SAULT 5.36 bits
5.9% →
SORRY 4.95 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 4.97 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 5.17 bits
3.0% →
LATCH 4.75 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.46 bits
2.5% →
SAUNT 4.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1I1P3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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