5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CURES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of cure

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative 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 CURES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CURES 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,026 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LIANE DROIT SAINT TOILE SLANT
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.18 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CURES 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,026 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CURES ranks #2,026 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
ERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
34%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

311
233
165
162
117
112
107
83
64
61
59
53
45
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37
31
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26
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26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CURES:

13% chance
Suggested:
TALON
10% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
7% chance
Suggested:
DROIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
TALON 5.96 bits
9.9% →
LIANE 5.45 bits
7.0% →
DROIT 5.30 bits
6.9% →
SAINT 5.26 bits
5.0% →
TOILE 3.44 bits
4.7% →
SLANT 4.96 bits
4.5% →
TRADE 4.63 bits
3.5% →
ALONE 4.10 bits
2.7% →
DAUNT 4.61 bits
2.6% →
LATCH 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1R1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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