5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CERIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Containing cerium with valence four.

Adjective

Relating to wax.

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 CERIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CERIC 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,000 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___C C in the 1st position and C in the 5th position C__I_ C in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__C E in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLANT POTAE ARSON SALTY STILE
Words starting with C Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CERIC 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
#9,000 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CERIC ranks #9,000 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
23
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
304
182
182
180
102
100
77
65
63
63
56
52
40
31
30
27
27
27
26
23
22
22
18
15
15
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CERIC:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
SAULT 5.96 bits
12.9% →
SLANT 5.69 bits
7.7% →
SLANT 5.27 bits
7.7% →
POTAE 4.49 bits
7.6% →
ARSON 5.08 bits
4.3% →
SALTY 4.84 bits
4.2% →
STILE 4.63 bits
3.3% →
SAULT 4.80 bits
2.8% →
SNIDE 3.78 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3E1R1I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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