5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CRUOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuː.ə(ɹ)/

Noun

The clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the colouring matter; gore.

Noun

The colouring matter of the blood.

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 CRUOR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRUOR 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 247 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,501 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___R C in the 1st position and R in the 5th position C__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SLANE REAST SMILE SNIDE LEANT
Words starting with C Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
247 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRUOR 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
#7,501 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRUOR ranks #7,501 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
868
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
22
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
35%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

651
223
169
139
114
106
89
69
67
65
61
44
35
34
30
28
28
27
27
26
21
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10
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10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRUOR:

28% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
REAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
SLATE 6.40 bits
9.5% →
SLANE 5.18 bits
7.2% →
REAST 5.36 bits
5.9% →
SMILE 4.80 bits
4.8% →
SNIDE 4.66 bits
4.5% →
LEANT 5.17 bits
3.8% →
SAINT 4.24 bits
2.9% →
STANE 4.54 bits
2.8% →
STADE 4.42 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1U1O1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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