5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CULLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌli/

Noun

A companion.

Verb

To trick, to impose on, to dupe.

Noun

A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.

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 CULLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CULLY 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 64.3% of games, misses completely in 35.7%, and leaves about 375 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,763 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARISE TIARE SARED TRONE ORATE TARGE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.83 Entropy (bits)
375 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CULLY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,763 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CULLY ranks #11,763 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
748
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
312
6 guesses
31
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:
LU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
35%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

841
244
202
156
145
105
75
50
43
42
41
33
28
25
24
23
22
18
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17
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7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CULLY:

36% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.7% →
ARISE 6.24 bits
10.3% →
TIARE 5.36 bits
8.6% →
SARED 4.93 bits
6.6% →
TRONE 5.46 bits
6.1% →
TIARE 5.54 bits
4.5% →
ORATE 5.36 bits
3.2% →
TARGE 4.87 bits
2.1% →
STOAE 4.76 bits
1.8% →
PAISE 4.54 bits
1.8% →
FARSE 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1L1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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