5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CUTIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkjutəs//ˈkjutɪs//ˈkjuːtɪs/

Noun

The true skin, underlying the epidermis.

Noun

The peridium of some fungi.

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 CUTIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUTIS 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,082 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__I_ C in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEARN ANILE PARLE TREAT STARE ROAKE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUTIS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,082 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUTIS ranks #2,082 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
980
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ISTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
27%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

535
200
181
143
108
90
79
74
74
70
69
54
49
46
40
32
29
25
24
24
23
20
19
15
15
14
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUTIS:

23% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
8% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
LEARN 6.06 bits
8.5% →
ANILE 5.26 bits
7.7% →
PARLE 5.59 bits
6.1% →
TREAT 5.40 bits
4.6% →
STARE 4.86 bits
3.8% →
ROAKE 5.10 bits
3.3% →
GLARE 5.06 bits
3.1% →
GRONE 4.42 bits
3.1% →
MARLE 4.48 bits
3.0% →
HAOLE 5.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1T1I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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