5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CYDER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Archaic spelling of cider.

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 CYDER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CYDER 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,240 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___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

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CYDER 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,240 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CYDER ranks #4,240 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
16
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

374
299
182
170
137
107
102
84
64
57
53
53
48
44
41
34
33
31
27
27
24
23
20
19
19
18
16
15
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CYDER:

16% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
SAINT 6.33 bits
12.7% →
SLANT 5.82 bits
7.7% →
SAINT 5.45 bits
7.2% →
SAULT 4.89 bits
5.8% →
ROAST 4.75 bits
4.5% →
SAINT 3.71 bits
4.3% →
SAINT 4.89 bits
3.6% →
LEAST 4.45 bits
2.7% →
CHAIN 4.51 bits
2.4% →
ALOUD 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3Y4D2E1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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