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

CYCLE

Yes, CYCLE was the Wordle answer on April 14, 2026 (Wordle #1760).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.kəl/[ˈsaɪ.kɫ̩][ˈsʌɪ.kəl]

Noun

An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.

“the cycle of the seasons, or of the year”

Noun

A complete rotation of anything.

Verb

To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.

Verb

To turn power off and back on

“Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.”

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: April 14, 2026 (#1760).

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

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How CYCLE performs as a guess

CYCLE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,181 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _Y__E Y in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN STAIR ROAST SAUNT SONAR RENAL
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CYCLE 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,181 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CYCLE ranks #11,181 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
746
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
25
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:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
33%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CYCLE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

493
319
260
200
181
120
97
62
61
52
47
40
34
30
30
30
27
27
26
21
18
16
14
13
11
11
10
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CYCLE:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
14% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
11% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
TRAIN 6.22 bits
13.5% →
STAIR 5.24 bits
11.0% →
ROAST 5.21 bits
8.5% →
SAUNT 4.78 bits
7.7% →
SONAR 5.15 bits
5.1% →
RENAL 4.47 bits
4.1% →
STAIR 4.91 bits
2.6% →
PEART 4.33 bits
2.6% →
SLART 3.84 bits
2.2% →
SONAR 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3Y4C3L1E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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