5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CITED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪtɪd/[ˈsɐɪ̯ɾɪd][ˈsɐɪ̯ɾəd]

Verb

simple past and past participle of cite

Adjective

That has a citation

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 CITED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CITED 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,174 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___D C in the 1st position and D in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SOARE ROAST SOLAR SNARY SLART
Words starting with C Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CITED 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
#1,174 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CITED ranks #1,174 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
981
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
34%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

361
263
170
136
115
108
73
68
67
66
59
55
49
43
36
35
35
31
27
26
24
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23
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CITED:

15% chance
Suggested:
SALON
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
SALON 5.97 bits
11.1% →
SOARE 5.35 bits
7.2% →
ROAST 5.42 bits
5.8% →
SOLAR 4.57 bits
4.9% →
SNARY 4.99 bits
4.6% →
SLART 5.15 bits
3.1% →
SOLAR 4.77 bits
2.9% →
SORAL 4.76 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.68 bits
2.8% →
SLANE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3I1T1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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