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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

CRUDE

Yes, CRUDE was the Wordle answer on June 29, 2026 (Wordle #1836).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹuːd//kɹʉd/

Adjective

In a natural, untreated state.

“crude oil”

Adjective

Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.

“a crude shelter”

Noun

Any substance in its natural state.

Noun

Ellipsis of crude oil.

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: June 29, 2026 (#1836).

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

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How CRUDE performs as a guess

CRUDE 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,246 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__D_ C in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT STAIR ROAST SONLY SHALT SAINT
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRUDE 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,246 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRUDE ranks #1,246 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,112
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
17
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
38%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P R I S M
C R U D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CRUDE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
203
176
162
134
95
83
81
62
56
55
55
46
36
32
31
28
25
24
24
22
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRUDE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
SLANT 6.08 bits
8.6% →
SLANT 5.49 bits
7.5% →
STAIR 4.30 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.40 bits
5.7% →
ROAST 5.17 bits
4.0% →
SONLY 4.59 bits
3.5% →
SHALT 4.69 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 4.65 bits
2.6% →
TIDAL 4.62 bits
2.4% →
PLIED 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1U1D2E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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