5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CYCAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any member of the plant genus Cycas.

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 CYCAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CYCAS 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,032 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__A_ C in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE ALATE STIRE DROLE THALE TOILE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.86 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CYCAS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#12,032 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CYCAS ranks #12,032 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
716
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
19%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

615
363
271
181
132
89
88
86
74
54
44
42
33
27
25
21
17
16
15
15
13
11
9
9
9
9
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CYCAS:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
15% chance
Suggested:
ALATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
TRINE 6.23 bits
15.4% →
ALATE 5.43 bits
11.5% →
STIRE 5.52 bits
7.7% →
DROLE 4.92 bits
5.6% →
THALE 4.86 bits
3.8% →
TOILE 4.91 bits
3.7% →
LATER 4.51 bits
3.6% →
TALER 4.35 bits
3.1% →
NOIRE 5.12 bits
2.3% →
TOILE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3Y4C3A1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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