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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CURFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of curf

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 CURFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CURFS 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,814 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__F_ C in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE ARIEL STALE THANE STOAE LEANT
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CURFS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,814 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CURFS ranks #6,814 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
15
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:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
24%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

565
335
284
100
86
81
74
72
72
53
51
50
47
43
35
30
27
22
22
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17
14
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11
11
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CURFS:

24% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
14% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
ALONE 6.17 bits
14.2% →
ARIEL 5.16 bits
12.0% →
STALE 5.71 bits
4.2% →
THANE 5.01 bits
3.6% →
STOAE 4.98 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 4.89 bits
3.1% →
ALONE 5.05 bits
3.1% →
POTAE 4.55 bits
3.1% →
PALET 4.31 bits
2.2% →
DRAPE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1R1F4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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