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CRUST

Yes, CRUST was the Wordle answer on July 12, 2021 (Wordle #23).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹʌst//kɹʊst/

Noun

A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.

Noun

The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.

Verb

To cover with a crust.

Verb

To form a crust.

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: July 12, 2021 (#23).

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

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How CRUST performs as a guess

CRUST 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #42 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.54 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.

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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__S_ C in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ANILE LAIDE PLANE LATTE DIANE BULGE
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRUST 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.

3.54 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#42 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRUST ranks #42 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
1,095
4 guesses
1,047
5 guesses
130
6 guesses
13
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:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
35%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U I T
C R U S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CRUST in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
233
135
125
119
83
74
69
66
65
61
59
57
40
33
29
29
28
28
26
25
25
23
21
19
19
18
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRUST:

19% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
10% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
6% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
ANILE 6.23 bits
9.9% →
LAIDE 5.12 bits
5.7% →
PLANE 5.51 bits
5.3% →
LATTE 5.28 bits
5.0% →
DIANE 5.32 bits
3.5% →
BULGE 4.62 bits
3.1% →
LIANE 5.20 bits
2.9% →
ALONE 5.06 bits
2.8% →
PLATE 4.74 bits
2.8% →
LIANE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1U1S1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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