5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CEIBA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.

Noun

The silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba.

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 CEIBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CEIBA 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,541 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___A C in the 1st position and A in the 5th position C__B_ C in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

STORY SLART SOREL TARSE MIDST SETER
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CEIBA 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,541 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CEIBA ranks #5,541 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
874
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
13
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
32%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
263
257
188
122
97
92
80
64
55
47
46
46
44
42
40
39
37
31
30
29
26
25
24
23
18
17
17
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CEIBA:

12% chance
Suggested:
STORY
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART
11% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
STORY 5.55 bits
11.2% →
SLART 5.30 bits
10.9% →
SOREL 5.38 bits
8.0% →
TARSE 4.78 bits
5.2% →
MIDST 4.64 bits
4.1% →
SETER 4.44 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.56 bits
3.4% →
RINSE 4.43 bits
2.7% →
TRONE 3.99 bits
2.3% →
SLART 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3E1I1B3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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