5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CYBER

Yes, CYBER was the Wordle answer on January 5, 2025 (Wordle #1296).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.bə//ˈsaɪ.bəɹ//ˈsʌɪ.bəɹ/

Adjective

Of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-.

Adjective

Cybergoth.

Noun

Everything having to do with the Internet considered collectively.

Noun

Everything having to do with digital threats considered collectively: cybersecurity, cyberterrorism, cyberwarfare, cyberweapons, and so on.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 5, 2025 (#1296).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CYBER performs as a guess

CYBER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,548 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

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

C___R C in the 1st position and R in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__R Y in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

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SAINT SLANT SAULT TRAIN ROAST CHAIN
Words starting with C Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CYBER 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
0.69 Volatility
#6,548 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CYBER ranks #6,548 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
26%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
P E N C E
C Y B E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CYBER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

387
320
191
188
139
114
97
93
63
56
55
48
41
40
38
35
33
32
27
22
22
20
20
18
17
14
11
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CYBER:

16% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
SAINT 6.26 bits
13.6% →
SLANT 5.75 bits
8.1% →
SAULT 4.82 bits
8.0% →
TRAIN 5.25 bits
5.9% →
ROAST 4.72 bits
4.8% →
SAINT 3.68 bits
4.1% →
SAINT 4.86 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.61 bits
2.7% →
CHAIN 4.48 bits
2.4% →
TARRE 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3Y4B3E1R1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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