5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CYMOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

cymene

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 CYMOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CYMOL 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,122 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___L C in the 1st position and L in the 5th position C__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _Y__L Y in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE RONTE SLATE SATED TIARE SATER
Words starting with C Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CYMOL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,122 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CYMOL ranks #5,122 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
912
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
17
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
23%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

617
231
215
172
116
97
76
73
65
60
53
53
38
34
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29
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CYMOL:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
RAISE 6.23 bits
9.8% →
RONTE 5.46 bits
9.1% →
SLATE 5.55 bits
7.3% →
SATED 4.97 bits
4.9% →
TIARE 5.49 bits
4.1% →
SATER 4.68 bits
3.2% →
ARISE 5.52 bits
3.1% →
IRATE 5.30 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.55 bits
2.5% →
SALLE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3Y4M3O1L1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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