5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CISSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsi/

Noun

Alternative spelling of sissy (“wimp”).

Noun

A cisgender or cissexual person.

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 CISSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CISSY 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 69.5% of games, misses completely in 30.5%, and leaves about 305 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,336 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__S_ C in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRINE PEART DROLE LEANT HAOLE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
305 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CISSY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,336 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CISSY ranks #11,336 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
736
4 guesses
1,294
5 guesses
272
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
37%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

719
241
210
200
116
116
106
76
67
45
36
35
35
32
29
24
23
20
19
19
19
16
16
12
11
9
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CISSY:

30% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
PEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.5% →
ROATE 6.10 bits
10.2% →
TRINE 5.59 bits
8.9% →
PEART 5.49 bits
8.5% →
DROLE 4.82 bits
4.9% →
LEANT 5.29 bits
4.9% →
HAOLE 5.34 bits
4.5% →
RONTE 4.84 bits
3.2% →
ROATE 5.08 bits
2.8% →
LEANT 4.47 bits
1.9% →
ROAKE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3I1S1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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