5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CURED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kjʊəd//kjɔːd//kjʊɹd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of cure

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 CURED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CURED 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #810 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__D U in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SAINT PEART SHALT SONLY ANILE
Words starting with C Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CURED 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#810 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CURED ranks #810 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
1,014
4 guesses
1,084
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
36%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
276
165
114
111
89
83
83
67
58
56
55
50
48
39
34
31
27
27
24
24
19
19
18
18
17
16
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CURED:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
SLANT 6.08 bits
11.7% →
SLANT 5.83 bits
7.0% →
SAINT 5.42 bits
4.8% →
SAINT 3.93 bits
4.7% →
PEART 4.72 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.67 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
3.5% →
SHALT 4.69 bits
2.8% →
SONLY 4.00 bits
2.5% →
ANILE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1R1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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