5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CESSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 CESSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CESSE 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 70.6% of games, misses completely in 29.4%, and leaves about 287 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,370 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__S_ C in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ARIEL RAILE SLANT LAIRY LATCH
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
287 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CESSE 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,370 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CESSE ranks #13,370 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
668
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
337
6 guesses
34
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
40%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

693
251
194
190
117
113
110
59
55
45
43
33
33
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CESSE:

29% chance
Suggested:
TALON
11% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.4% →
TALON 5.85 bits
10.6% →
ARIEL 4.93 bits
8.2% →
RAILE 4.43 bits
8.1% →
SLANT 4.88 bits
5.0% →
LAIRY 4.79 bits
4.8% →
LAIRY 4.79 bits
4.7% →
LATCH 4.65 bits
2.5% →
PRATE 3.73 bits
2.3% →
TIARE 4.50 bits
1.9% →
PALER 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3E1S1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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