5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CIRRI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹaɪ/

Noun

plural of cirrus.

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 CIRRI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CIRRI 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 384 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,702 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___I C in the 1st position and I in the 5th position C__R_ C in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE POTAE SLANE HAOLE STOLE SAUTE
Words starting with C Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.60 Entropy (bits)
384 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CIRRI 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,702 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CIRRI ranks #12,702 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
710
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
333
6 guesses
21
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:
IR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
29%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

829
302
236
129
116
92
91
87
87
48
37
31
24
24
20
19
18
14
13
11
11
11
10
9
9
8
7
7
7
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CIRRI:

35% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
POTAE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.2% →
SLATE 6.33 bits
12.8% →
POTAE 5.20 bits
10.0% →
SLANE 5.65 bits
5.5% →
HAOLE 5.24 bits
4.9% →
STOLE 4.53 bits
3.9% →
SAUTE 4.98 bits
3.9% →
STADE 4.97 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 4.55 bits
3.7% →
HAOLE 5.11 bits
2.0% →
POAKE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3I1R1R1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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