5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CULET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkju.lɪt//ˈkju.lɛt/

Noun

A small, flat face often cut at the base of a brilliant-cut gemstone.

Noun

A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.

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 CULET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CULET 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,041 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ARSON ARISE SONAR SLADE TARTE SNARY
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CULET 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,041 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CULET ranks #1,041 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
1,002
4 guesses
1,067
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
ELTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
40%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
247
137
135
125
99
89
76
58
57
56
54
53
45
44
38
34
32
31
29
28
28
27
23
21
20
20
18
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CULET:

14% chance
Suggested:
ARSON
10% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
6% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
ARSON 5.91 bits
10.5% →
ARISE 5.40 bits
5.8% →
SONAR 5.00 bits
5.7% →
SONAR 4.70 bits
5.3% →
SONAR 5.17 bits
4.2% →
SLADE 4.49 bits
3.8% →
TARTE 4.87 bits
3.2% →
SONAR 4.89 bits
2.5% →
SNARY 3.77 bits
2.4% →
SONAR 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1L1E1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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