5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CROOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹuːl/

Adjective

Alternative spelling of cruel.

Verb

Alternative spelling of cruel.

Verb

To murmur or mutter.

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 CROOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CROOL 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,942 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___L C in the 1st position and L in the 5th position C__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE SATED AISLE DIANE DONUT NAICE
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CROOL 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,942 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CROOL ranks #6,942 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
34%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

519
278
262
129
116
108
78
75
49
48
44
39
37
33
31
29
27
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23
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CROOL:

22% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
12% chance
Suggested:
SATED
11% chance
Suggested:
AISLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
SAINE 6.27 bits
11.8% →
SATED 5.33 bits
11.1% →
AISLE 5.37 bits
5.5% →
DIANE 5.15 bits
4.9% →
DONUT 4.89 bits
4.6% →
NAICE 5.13 bits
3.3% →
SAINE 4.55 bits
3.2% →
RONTE 4.27 bits
2.1% →
LAIDE 4.24 bits
2.0% →
STANE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1O1O1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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