5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CELLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛli/

Noun

A cellmate.

Noun

A jail cell.

Alternative forms: cellie

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 CELLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CELLY 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 246 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,350 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN STAIR SAUNT SONAR ALOSE ORATE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
246 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CELLY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,350 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CELLY ranks #11,350 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
744
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
36
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
1 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
38%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

493
466
193
152
114
113
112
71
57
49
37
32
31
29
25
24
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
13
12
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CELLY:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
20% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
TRAIN 6.22 bits
19.8% →
STAIR 5.53 bits
8.2% →
SAUNT 4.67 bits
6.4% →
SONAR 5.00 bits
4.8% →
ALOSE 4.27 bits
4.8% →
STAIR 4.86 bits
4.7% →
STAIR 5.09 bits
3.0% →
SONAR 4.62 bits
2.4% →
ORATE 4.66 bits
2.1% →
RAISE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3E1L1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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