5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

CERIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The compound cerium(IV) oxide.

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 CERIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CERIA 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 91.1% of games, misses completely in 8.9%, and leaves about 90 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #944 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__I_ C in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SONLY STOLE SPILT SLATE TOUSE
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.44 Entropy (bits)
90 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CERIA 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#944 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CERIA ranks #944 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,072
5 guesses
189
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:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
31%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

209
192
160
146
139
108
86
86
86
71
63
60
43
40
37
37
35
32
30
30
29
28
24
22
22
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21
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CERIA:

9% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
8% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
7% chance
Suggested:
STOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.9% →
SLOTH 5.41 bits
8.1% →
SONLY 5.35 bits
6.8% →
STOLE 5.36 bits
6.2% →
SPILT 5.01 bits
5.9% →
SLATE 4.73 bits
4.6% →
TOUSE 4.45 bits
3.6% →
GRUNT 4.78 bits
3.6% →
ARSON 4.17 bits
3.6% →
STILE 4.67 bits
3.0% →
SLEET 3.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3E1R1I1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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