5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CURIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊəriə/

Noun

Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome

Noun

The Roman senate during the republic

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 CURIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CURIA 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 88.7% of games, misses completely in 11.3%, and leaves about 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,865 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___A C in the 1st position and A in the 5th position C__I_ C in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE STOLE SIENT LEAST SOLED SNIDE
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CURIA 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#3,865 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CURIA ranks #3,865 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
976
4 guesses
1,066
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
21
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
3 vowels
Common:
AIRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
29%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
267
211
166
160
103
88
77
53
51
50
42
41
39
38
35
33
32
28
26
25
23
22
18
18
17
17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CURIA:

14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
SLATE 5.73 bits
11.3% →
STOLE 5.71 bits
8.9% →
SIENT 5.29 bits
7.0% →
LEAST 4.72 bits
6.8% →
SOLED 4.74 bits
4.4% →
SNIDE 4.39 bits
3.7% →
STONE 5.03 bits
3.3% →
SLOPE 3.89 bits
2.2% →
THALE 4.44 bits
2.2% →
SENTE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1R1I1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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