5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CESTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A hook-shaped basket used to catch and throw the ball in jai alai.

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 CESTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CESTA 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 89.2% of games, misses completely in 10.8%, and leaves about 103 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #880 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__T_ C in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

ROUND RIONE RAYON LARGE SLUNK GROUT
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
103 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CESTA 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
0.69 Volatility
#880 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CESTA ranks #880 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
969
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
145
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
28%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

254
235
187
133
95
85
83
81
74
66
64
60
56
45
40
38
38
35
35
34
32
31
29
28
24
21
21
20
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CESTA:

11% chance
Suggested:
ROUND
10% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAYON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.8% →
ROUND 5.56 bits
10.0% →
RIONE 5.28 bits
7.9% →
RAYON 5.01 bits
5.6% →
LARGE 4.65 bits
4.0% →
SLUNK 4.79 bits
3.6% →
GROUT 4.92 bits
3.5% →
SPIRE 4.72 bits
3.4% →
GENRE 4.21 bits
3.1% →
TALON 4.45 bits
2.8% →
ENTER 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3E1S1T1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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