5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CYMAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪmiː/

Noun

plural of cyma

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 CYMAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CYMAE 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,694 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__A_ C in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _Y__E Y in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT SLIER TRAIN GRISE SOILY SLART
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CYMAE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,694 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CYMAE ranks #7,694 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
847
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
35%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
279
227
191
148
122
80
79
73
56
53
49
46
45
36
36
35
31
26
26
23
20
18
16
16
16
13
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CYMAE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
SNORT 6.08 bits
11.8% →
SLIER 5.18 bits
9.6% →
TRAIN 5.38 bits
8.1% →
GRISE 4.41 bits
6.3% →
SOILY 4.27 bits
5.2% →
SLART 4.70 bits
3.4% →
SLART 3.98 bits
3.4% →
LATER 4.55 bits
3.1% →
TOUCH 4.68 bits
2.4% →
SAINT 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3Y4M3A1E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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