5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CURST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɜː(ɹ)st/

Adjective

Archaic spelling of cursed.

Verb

Archaic spelling of cursed, simple past and past participle of curse.

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 CURST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CURST 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #95 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___T C in the 1st position and T in the 5th position C__S_ C in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ANILE DAINE PLANE LATTE LIANE ALONE
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CURST 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#95 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CURST ranks #95 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,110
4 guesses
1,010
5 guesses
147
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
1 vowels
Common:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
35%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
297
135
125
74
69
66
65
65
58
58
57
55
50
48
31
29
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CURST:

19% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
13% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
6% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
ANILE 6.23 bits
12.6% →
DAINE 5.55 bits
5.7% →
PLANE 5.51 bits
5.3% →
LATTE 5.28 bits
3.1% →
LIANE 5.20 bits
2.9% →
ALONE 5.06 bits
2.8% →
PLATE 4.74 bits
2.8% →
LIANE 4.77 bits
2.8% →
TIARE 4.65 bits
2.5% →
FLANE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1R1S1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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