5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CROME

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A garden or agricultural implement with three or four tines bent at right angles, resembling a garden fork with bent prongs, and used for breaking up soil, clearing ditches, raking up shellfish on beaches, etc.

Verb

To use a crome.

Noun

plural of croma

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 CROME performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CROME 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #429 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__M_ C in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT LEAST ROAST ADULT ALIGN
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CROME 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#429 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CROME ranks #429 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
1,028
4 guesses
1,078
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
39%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
215
163
160
125
102
75
73
71
61
49
43
42
34
33
33
32
31
30
29
27
24
24
23
22
22
19
18
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CROME:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
SAINT 6.18 bits
9.1% →
SLANT 5.50 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.27 bits
6.8% →
LEAST 4.32 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 4.91 bits
4.3% →
SAINT 5.01 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.76 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 4.73 bits
3.0% →
SAINT 4.72 bits
2.6% →
ROAST 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1O1M3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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