5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CROWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹəʊz//kɹoʊz/

Noun

plural of crow

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of crow

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 CROWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CROWS 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,550 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__W_ C in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CROWS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,550 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CROWS ranks #4,550 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
12
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
26%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

511
266
235
160
112
99
93
80
66
61
42
42
39
38
30
27
25
25
25
24
22
22
19
13
13
13
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CROWS:

22% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
10% chance
Suggested:
LAREE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
LIANE 6.16 bits
11.3% →
STALE 5.75 bits
10.0% →
LAREE 5.09 bits
6.8% →
LEANT 5.09 bits
4.7% →
DIANE 5.21 bits
4.2% →
LIANE 5.20 bits
3.9% →
TARRE 4.56 bits
3.4% →
STRAE 4.82 bits
2.8% →
LIANE 4.99 bits
2.6% →
BLATE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1O1W4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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