5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CRITS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of crit

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 CRITS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRITS 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #105 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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__T_ C in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE REBAR SLANE LIANE LEANT DIANE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.16 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRITS 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#105 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRITS ranks #105 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
1,110
4 guesses
1,026
5 guesses
149
6 guesses
13
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:
IRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
32%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

377
222
170
115
114
89
78
67
66
61
58
58
49
47
47
36
33
30
29
28
27
27
26
25
25
21
20
20
18
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRITS:

16% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
9% chance
Suggested:
REBAR
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
ALONE 6.05 bits
9.4% →
REBAR 5.14 bits
7.2% →
SLANE 5.48 bits
4.9% →
LIANE 5.04 bits
4.8% →
LEANT 5.21 bits
3.8% →
DIANE 4.84 bits
3.3% →
LEANT 4.75 bits
2.8% →
HAOLE 4.96 bits
2.8% →
PORAE 4.78 bits
2.6% →
ALONE 5.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1I1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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