5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CROSS

Yes, CROSS was the Wordle answer on January 31, 2023 (Wordle #591).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹɒs//kɹɔs//kɹɑs/

Noun

A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.

“Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.”

Noun

Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.

Adjective

Transverse; lying across the main direction.

“At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.”

Adjective

(of someone) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed; (of words) tinged with anger.

“They exchanged a few cross words.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 31, 2023 (#591).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CROSS performs as a guess

CROSS is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,831 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__S_ C in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ANILE LAREE LEANT DIANE LIANE TARRE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CROSS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,831 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CROSS ranks #7,831 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
863
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
20
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
1 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
31%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
P L U C K
C R O S S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CROSS in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

553
254
222
182
124
110
106
75
70
66
49
47
38
30
28
25
25
24
22
18
17
16
15
15
14
13
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CROSS:

23% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
11% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
ANILE 6.19 bits
10.8% →
LAREE 5.07 bits
9.4% →
LEANT 5.52 bits
7.7% →
LEANT 5.03 bits
5.3% →
DIANE 5.23 bits
4.7% →
LIANE 5.16 bits
4.5% →
TARRE 4.51 bits
3.2% →
STRAE 4.43 bits
3.0% →
BLATE 4.65 bits
2.8% →
LIANE 4.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1O1S1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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