5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CYANS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of cyan

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 CYANS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CYANS 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,656 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALTER STIRE DROLE GOIER TRIPE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CYANS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,656 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CYANS ranks #2,656 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

432
238
211
144
121
94
76
74
70
68
62
62
60
47
36
34
33
28
25
25
25
21
21
21
19
19
19
17
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CYANS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
10.1% →
ALTER 5.47 bits
8.9% →
STIRE 5.58 bits
6.1% →
DROLE 5.04 bits
5.1% →
GOIER 5.12 bits
4.0% →
DROLE 4.83 bits
3.2% →
TRIPE 5.08 bits
3.1% →
PROLE 4.97 bits
3.0% →
SHITE 4.24 bits
2.9% →
MARLE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3Y4A1N1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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