5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CUNNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌ.ni/

Noun

A cunt; a vulva.

Noun

The vulva or vagina of a child or childlike character (loli).

Adjective

Cunning.

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 CUNNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUNNY 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 61.8% of games, misses completely in 38.2%, and leaves about 410 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,574 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SALET ARIEL TORSE SOARE GRATE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
410 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUNNY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,574 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUNNY ranks #12,574 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
716
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
319
6 guesses
34
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:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
38%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

900
222
159
143
140
122
92
88
53
45
38
29
23
23
23
19
18
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15
14
14
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10
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8
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6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUNNY:

38% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.2% →
TIARE 6.26 bits
9.4% →
SALET 4.89 bits
6.7% →
ARIEL 5.51 bits
6.1% →
TORSE 5.37 bits
5.9% →
TIARE 5.41 bits
5.2% →
SOARE 5.28 bits
3.9% →
GRATE 4.83 bits
3.7% →
TARGE 4.86 bits
2.2% →
TARGE 4.70 bits
1.9% →
SAMEL 2.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1N1N1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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