5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CTENE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A band of fused cilia on the bodies of ctenophores, used for locomotion.

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 CTENE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CTENE 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,469 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOLAR TOAST SONAR PEART SORAL SOILY
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CTENE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,469 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CTENE ranks #6,469 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
863
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
39%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

472
229
183
181
117
87
87
82
80
80
49
40
36
34
34
31
31
27
26
24
24
22
22
21
18
17
16
16
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CTENE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
10% chance
Suggested:
TOAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
SOLAR 5.83 bits
9.7% →
TOAST 5.31 bits
7.8% →
SOLAR 5.09 bits
7.7% →
SOLAR 4.86 bits
5.0% →
SONAR 5.05 bits
3.7% →
PEART 4.39 bits
3.7% →
SOLAR 5.00 bits
3.5% →
SORAL 4.77 bits
3.4% →
SOILY 4.39 bits
3.4% →
ALIEN 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3T1E1N1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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