5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CUSPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Having cusps

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 CUSPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUSPY 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 69.0% of games, misses completely in 31.0%, and leaves about 300 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,287 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
300 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUSPY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,287 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUSPY ranks #6,287 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
32%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

731
263
182
122
117
117
96
70
61
54
32
32
29
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25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUSPY:

31% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
ARIEL 6.19 bits
11.1% →
STARE 5.68 bits
7.7% →
DROLE 4.97 bits
5.2% →
TRONE 5.40 bits
5.0% →
TIARE 5.35 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
4.1% →
RAINE 5.44 bits
3.0% →
LATER 4.80 bits
2.6% →
IRATE 4.73 bits
2.3% →
THANE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1S1P3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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