5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CRUFT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹʌft/

Noun

Anything that is old or of inferior quality.

Noun

Redundant, old or improperly written code, especially that which accumulates over time.

Verb

To generate cruft.

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 CRUFT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRUFT 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 75.3% of games, misses completely in 24.7%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,173 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__F_ C in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ALOSE SANED TASTE DIANE SLIME LIANE
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRUFT 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,173 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRUFT ranks #2,173 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
966
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
176
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:
RTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
32%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

582
265
181
119
101
97
93
75
75
49
49
37
36
33
29
29
29
28
27
25
23
23
17
17
15
14
13
13
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRUFT:

25% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SANED
8% chance
Suggested:
TASTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.7% →
ALOSE 6.14 bits
11.2% →
SANED 5.29 bits
7.7% →
TASTE 5.48 bits
5.0% →
DIANE 5.23 bits
4.3% →
SLIME 4.74 bits
4.1% →
ALOSE 5.08 bits
3.9% →
LIANE 5.22 bits
3.2% →
TASER 4.57 bits
3.2% →
ALONE 5.04 bits
2.1% →
SLANE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1U1F4T1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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