5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CRUVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of cruive.

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 CRUVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRUVE 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,353 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__V_ C in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRUVE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,353 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRUVE ranks #6,353 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
24

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
37%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
244
174
165
152
112
103
85
69
56
45
38
36
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32
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27
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRUVE:

19% chance
Suggested:
SALON
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
SALON 5.96 bits
10.3% →
SLANT 5.44 bits
7.4% →
STAIR 4.33 bits
7.0% →
SLANT 5.29 bits
6.4% →
ROAST 5.12 bits
4.7% →
SONLY 4.51 bits
4.4% →
SAINT 4.62 bits
3.6% →
SHALT 4.75 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.62 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1U1V4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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