5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CUPID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːpɪd//ˈkjupɪd/

Noun

A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.

Noun

Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Chilades, Cupido and Everes.

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 CUPID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUPID 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 70.0% of games, misses completely in 30.0%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,290 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___D C in the 1st position and D in the 5th position C__I_ C in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__D U in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE SLART STARE DROLE THALE
Words starting with C Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUPID 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,290 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUPID ranks #4,290 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
27%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

708
266
135
128
114
106
105
94
62
56
44
42
31
26
24
23
19
18
17
17
16
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14
14
13
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12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUPID:

30% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.0% →
TARSE 6.38 bits
11.3% →
TRINE 5.40 bits
5.7% →
SLART 5.25 bits
5.4% →
STARE 5.65 bits
4.8% →
DROLE 5.42 bits
4.5% →
THALE 5.15 bits
4.5% →
SOARE 5.22 bits
4.0% →
SAGER 4.45 bits
2.6% →
SLART 4.98 bits
2.4% →
DROLE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1P3I1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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