5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CYCLO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A tuk-tuk.

Noun

A cycle rickshaw

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 CYCLO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CYCLO 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 69.7% of games, misses completely in 30.3%, and leaves about 326 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,569 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___O C in the 1st position and O in the 5th position C__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _Y__O Y in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE TRONE DANSE TIARE SOOTE SAUTE
Words starting with C Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.76 Entropy (bits)
326 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CYCLO 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,569 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CYCLO ranks #12,569 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
722
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
310
6 guesses
36
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
20%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

714
317
268
199
116
88
76
74
67
44
41
40
30
29
26
24
17
14
13
12
12
11
11
10
10
7
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CYCLO:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.3% →
RAISE 6.25 bits
13.4% →
TRONE 5.47 bits
11.4% →
RAISE 5.54 bits
8.4% →
DANSE 4.88 bits
4.9% →
TIARE 5.31 bits
3.7% →
SOOTE 4.28 bits
3.2% →
SAUTE 4.77 bits
3.1% →
IRATE 5.32 bits
2.8% →
SNORE 4.17 bits
1.9% →
SALUE 3.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3Y4C3L1O1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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