5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

CROWL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹaʊl/

Noun

A small person or creature; a dwarf or runt.

Verb

To make a growling noise, as the stomach.

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 CROWL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CROWL 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #3,449 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__W_ C in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE SATED PAISE MOUNT DIANE NAICE
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

All four describe CROWL used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.65 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How CROWL 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#3,449 Rank among openers
Opening with CROWL left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.64 average. It ranks #3,449 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
965
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
16
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:
LOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

CROWL can come back 88 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

467 answers
255 answers
252 answers
142 answers
119 answers
98 answers
96 answers
72 answers
70 answers
51 answers
49 answers
46 answers
44 answers
40 answers
33 answers
30 answers
29 answers
26 answers
26 answers
25 answers
23 answers
23 answers
22 answers
20 answers
14 answers
13 answers
13 answers
13 answers
13 answers
12 answers

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CROWL:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
11% chance
Suggested:
SATED
11% chance
Suggested:
PAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
SAINE 6.25 bits
10.8% →
SATED 5.34 bits
10.7% →
PAISE 5.46 bits
6.0% →
MOUNT 5.03 bits
5.0% →
DIANE 5.13 bits
4.2% →
NAICE 5.14 bits
4.1% →
TARRE 4.61 bits
3.1% →
SAINE 4.61 bits
3.0% →
STANE 4.72 bits
2.2% →
SAINT 5.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1O1W4L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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