5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CETYL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The univalent hexadecyl radical C₁₆H₃₃- present in many waxes.

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 CETYL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CETYL 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 88.4% of games, misses completely in 11.6%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,535 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___L C in the 1st position and L in the 5th position C__Y_ C in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ARISE ARSON ROAST SONAR SAREE ALOSE
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CETYL 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,535 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CETYL ranks #4,535 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
19
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
28%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

329
274
203
158
117
112
104
73
70
69
59
58
45
40
38
35
34
33
31
28
27
23
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CETYL:

14% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
12% chance
Suggested:
ARSON
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
ARISE 5.45 bits
11.6% →
ARSON 5.94 bits
8.6% →
ROAST 5.44 bits
6.7% →
SONAR 4.76 bits
5.0% →
SAREE 4.98 bits
4.7% →
ALOSE 4.57 bits
4.4% →
SLAIN 4.91 bits
3.1% →
SONAR 5.04 bits
3.0% →
RANSE 4.70 bits
2.9% →
DALLY 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3E1T1Y4L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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