5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CUSKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of cusk

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 CUSKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUSKS 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 56.5% of games, misses completely in 43.5%, and leaves about 519 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,195 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__K_ C in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TRONE RAILE DROLE STARE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.38 Entropy (bits)
519 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUSKS 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,195 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUSKS ranks #13,195 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
679
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
338
6 guesses
28
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
22%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1026
306
144
129
123
107
53
47
42
32
31
23
20
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUSKS:

44% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
13% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.5% →
ARIEL 6.14 bits
13.0% →
TIARE 5.64 bits
6.1% →
TRONE 5.40 bits
5.5% →
TIARE 5.38 bits
5.2% →
RAILE 5.29 bits
4.5% →
DROLE 4.36 bits
2.2% →
STARE 4.24 bits
2.0% →
BLAER 4.72 bits
1.8% →
TRINE 4.33 bits
1.4% →
PLORE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1S1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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