5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CRYER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Archaic form of crier.

“a town cryer”

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 CRYER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRYER 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,767 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT SAULT ROAST REAST CHAIN
Words starting with C Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% 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 CRYER 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,767 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRYER ranks #9,767 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
786
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
28
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
1 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
33%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

441
371
218
119
108
107
107
105
94
68
63
59
42
40
32
28
23
21
19
17
16
15
15
14
13
11
11
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRYER:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
16% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
SAINT 6.28 bits
15.7% →
SLANT 5.70 bits
9.2% →
SAULT 4.70 bits
5.0% →
ROAST 5.03 bits
4.6% →
SAINT 4.86 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 4.62 bits
4.5% →
SAINT 4.74 bits
4.5% →
SAINT 3.79 bits
4.0% →
REAST 4.69 bits
2.9% →
CHAIN 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1Y4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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