5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CURDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Like, or full of, curd; coagulated.

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 CURDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CURDY 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,118 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___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__D_ C in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE STOAE SALET LIANE SLANT ANILE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CURDY 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,118 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CURDY ranks #4,118 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
34%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
346
161
126
118
106
79
79
71
53
48
48
36
32
31
24
24
23
21
21
18
17
16
16
15
14
13
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CURDY:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
15% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
7% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
SLANE 6.41 bits
14.7% →
STOAE 5.47 bits
6.8% →
SALET 4.95 bits
5.3% →
LIANE 5.15 bits
5.0% →
SLANT 5.40 bits
4.5% →
ANILE 5.37 bits
3.4% →
DIANE 4.92 bits
3.4% →
SLANE 5.10 bits
3.0% →
STOAE 4.87 bits
2.2% →
STALE 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1R1D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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