5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

CRUET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹu.ɪt/

Noun

A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as oil, vinegar, salt, or pepper, for use at a dining table.

Noun

A stand for these containers.

Alternative forms: crewet

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 CRUET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRUET 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 105 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #324 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___T C in the 1st position and T in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANE LORRY SOLAR SATIN SNARE
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.43 Entropy (bits)
105 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRUET 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#324 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRUET ranks #324 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
96
3 guesses
1,003
4 guesses
1,071
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
15
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:
ERTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
42%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

134 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

315
235
108
104
102
89
80
79
79
78
66
57
53
43
43
42
38
32
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28
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRUET:

13% chance
Suggested:
SALON
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
5% chance
Suggested:
LORRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SALON 6.03 bits
10.0% →
SLANE 5.50 bits
4.6% →
LORRY 4.87 bits
4.4% →
SOLAR 3.75 bits
4.3% →
SATIN 4.90 bits
3.8% →
SNARE 4.47 bits
3.4% →
TASTE 4.74 bits
3.4% →
ALIEN 4.26 bits
3.4% →
DRAIN 4.37 bits
3.3% →
SONLY 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1U1E1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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