5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CUSPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kʌsps/

Noun

plural of cusp

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 CUSPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUSPS 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 60.1% of games, misses completely in 39.9%, and leaves about 446 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,044 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE RAILE TRONE TALER SLANT
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.59 Entropy (bits)
446 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUSPS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,044 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUSPS ranks #11,044 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
754
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
292
6 guesses
17
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)
60%
Green tile
22%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

942
273
133
131
129
125
98
69
47
35
34
29
21
21
18
18
18
13
13
12
12
11
10
10
10
9
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUSPS:

40% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.9% →
ARIEL 6.11 bits
11.6% →
TIARE 5.66 bits
5.6% →
RAILE 5.34 bits
5.6% →
TIARE 5.40 bits
5.5% →
TRONE 5.38 bits
5.3% →
RAILE 5.52 bits
4.2% →
TALER 4.54 bits
2.9% →
TIARE 4.75 bits
2.0% →
SLANT 4.25 bits
1.5% →
TALER 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1S1P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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