5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CELEB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /səˈlɛb/

Noun

A celebrity; a famous person, a one who is celebrated.

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 CELEB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CELEB 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,066 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___B C in the 1st position and B in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__B E in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST STAIR STAGE ROANY RAINY SOILY
Words starting with C Words ending with B

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CELEB 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,066 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CELEB ranks #8,066 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
817
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
14
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:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
34%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

617
261
203
139
113
85
83
79
72
58
39
36
35
35
35
33
33
32
29
26
21
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16
16
11
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CELEB:

26% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
ROAST 6.04 bits
11.1% →
ROAST 5.50 bits
8.6% →
ROAST 5.08 bits
5.9% →
ROAST 4.42 bits
4.8% →
STAIR 5.08 bits
3.6% →
STAGE 4.59 bits
3.5% →
ROAST 5.09 bits
3.4% →
ROANY 4.80 bits
3.1% →
RAINY 4.70 bits
2.5% →
SOILY 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3E1L1E1B3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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