5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

CIGAR

Yes, CIGAR has been the Wordle answer on June 19, 2021 (Wordle #0) and February 2, 2026 (Wordle #1689).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɪˈɡɑː(ɹ)//sɪˈɡɑɹ/

Noun

A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.

Noun

The penis.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used 2 times

Past Wordle answer: June 19, 2021 (#0); February 2, 2026 (#1689).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CIGAR performs as a guess

CIGAR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,258 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___R C in the 1st position and R in the 5th position C__A_ C in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE TORSE STILE HEART TOUSE
Words starting with C Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CIGAR 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,258 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CIGAR ranks #2,258 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
10
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
31%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
C I G A R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CIGAR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

364
276
183
140
114
85
84
67
66
61
61
54
49
40
39
38
36
35
32
31
31
28
22
21
21
20
19
19
19
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CIGAR:

15% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
STOLE 6.00 bits
11.7% →
SLATE 5.73 bits
7.8% →
TORSE 5.50 bits
5.9% →
STILE 5.45 bits
4.8% →
HEART 4.64 bits
3.6% →
STOLE 4.42 bits
3.6% →
TOUSE 3.89 bits
2.8% →
TRIPE 4.43 bits
2.8% →
LUNCH 4.71 bits
2.6% →
SALET 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3I1G2A1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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