5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CEDES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /siːdz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cede

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 CEDES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CEDES 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 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,849 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON SAINT RAILE RAINY DRAIN SLART
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CEDES 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,849 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CEDES ranks #8,849 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
805
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
33%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

535
271
213
141
127
126
105
104
86
44
39
32
31
28
27
27
24
22
22
22
20
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CEDES:

23% chance
Suggested:
TALON
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
TALON 5.98 bits
11.5% →
SAINT 5.29 bits
9.0% →
RAILE 5.08 bits
6.0% →
RAINY 4.26 bits
5.4% →
DRAIN 5.32 bits
5.3% →
SLART 4.76 bits
4.5% →
LATCH 4.62 bits
4.4% →
LAIRY 4.84 bits
3.6% →
LAIRY 4.77 bits
1.9% →
ABIDE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3E1D2E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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