5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CELLO

Yes, CELLO was the Wordle answer on February 9, 2026 (Wordle #1696).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛləʊ//ˈt͡ʃɛloʊ//ˈsɛləʊ/

Noun

A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.

Noun

cellophane

Alternative forms: 'cello

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 9, 2026 (#1696).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CELLO performs as a guess

CELLO is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,018 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___O C in the 1st position and O in the 5th position C__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR SNORT TORSE SLAIN RAISE
Words starting with C Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CELLO 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
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,018 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CELLO ranks #9,018 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
27
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D E M O N
C E L L O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CELLO in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

419
371
250
136
129
114
91
84
53
52
44
41
37
36
35
35
35
28
26
25
23
21
19
16
15
14
14
13
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CELLO:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
16% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
11% chance
Suggested:
SNORT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
SAINT 6.22 bits
15.7% →
STAIR 5.56 bits
10.6% →
SNORT 5.22 bits
5.8% →
STAIR 4.77 bits
5.5% →
TORSE 4.51 bits
4.8% →
SLAIN 5.04 bits
3.9% →
RAISE 4.45 bits
3.6% →
STAIR 4.85 bits
2.2% →
SHART 4.56 bits
2.2% →
SLART 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3E1L1L1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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