5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SYCEE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sʌɪˈsiː//ˈsaɪsiː//saɪˈsiː/

Noun

Imitation ingots made of paper, burnt as an offering in ancestral veneration on Tomb Sweeping Day or during the Ghost Festival.

Noun

Any of various gold or silver ingots used as currency in imperial China.

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 SYCEE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SYCEE 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,432 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.

S___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__E Y in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL DAILY RAILE CAIRN STAIN DEALT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SYCEE 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
0.72 Volatility
#11,432 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SYCEE ranks #11,432 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
285
6 guesses
31

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
45%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
202
191
175
157
150
144
86
56
49
47
42
40
39
38
37
36
34
31
22
19
18
18
18
16
16
15
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SYCEE:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
9% chance
Suggested:
DAILY
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
TRAIL 6.12 bits
8.6% →
DAILY 4.45 bits
8.1% →
RAILE 4.43 bits
7.4% →
CAIRN 5.22 bits
6.7% →
RAILE 4.13 bits
6.4% →
STAIN 4.62 bits
6.1% →
DEALT 5.38 bits
3.6% →
ROAST 4.89 bits
2.4% →
PARTE 3.79 bits
2.1% →
DETER 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Y4C3E1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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