5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CITES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /saɪts/

Noun

plural of cite

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cite

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 CITES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CITES 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,063 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MORAL GLARE ROANY SHALY DRAIN TROUT
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CITES 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,063 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CITES ranks #2,063 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
959
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
32%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

318
235
135
126
107
106
88
76
73
67
62
49
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CITES:

13% chance
Suggested:
MORAL
10% chance
Suggested:
GLARE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
MORAL 5.73 bits
10.0% →
GLARE 5.42 bits
5.7% →
ROANY 4.29 bits
5.3% →
SHALY 4.98 bits
4.5% →
DRAIN 5.13 bits
4.5% →
TROUT 5.07 bits
3.7% →
SORAL 4.65 bits
3.2% →
ROAST 4.46 bits
3.1% →
REATE 4.82 bits
2.8% →
ROANY 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3I1T1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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