5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CIVET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪ.vɪt/

Noun

Any of the small carnivorous catlike mammals encompassing certain species from the families Viverridae, Eupleridae, and Nandiniidae, native to tropical Africa and Asia.

Noun

The musky perfume produced by the animal; civetone.

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 CIVET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CIVET 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,542 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___T C in the 1st position and T in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SNARE SOLAR SNAIL SONAR TASTE
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CIVET 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,542 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CIVET ranks #5,542 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
13
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:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
37%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

441
288
143
138
134
96
77
75
74
73
52
51
46
39
38
38
34
34
27
27
25
25
23
21
21
20
19
17
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CIVET:

19% chance
Suggested:
SALON
12% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
6% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
SALON 5.82 bits
12.2% →
SNARE 5.37 bits
6.1% →
SOLAR 4.71 bits
5.9% →
SNAIL 5.10 bits
5.7% →
SONAR 5.20 bits
4.1% →
TASTE 4.85 bits
3.3% →
SLANE 4.50 bits
3.2% →
SORAL 4.67 bits
3.1% →
SONAR 4.92 bits
3.1% →
SOLAR 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3I1V4E1T1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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