5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CROZE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹəʊz//kɹoʊz/

Noun

A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of the head is fitted.

Noun

A cooper's tool for making these grooves.

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 CROZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CROZE 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,163 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__Z_ C in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT SAULT SALET TONAL SLATY
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CROZE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,163 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CROZE ranks #7,163 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
24
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
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
38%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

420
236
184
180
153
116
84
79
78
74
50
45
44
37
37
34
33
32
30
26
25
21
20
19
15
14
14
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CROZE:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
SAINT 6.13 bits
10.0% →
SLANT 5.53 bits
7.8% →
SAULT 5.37 bits
7.6% →
SALET 4.41 bits
6.5% →
TONAL 4.88 bits
4.9% →
SLATY 4.98 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 4.73 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.77 bits
3.3% →
SAINT 4.66 bits
3.1% →
SAUNT 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1O1Z10E1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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