5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

CLAES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kleːz/

Noun

clothes

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 CLAES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLAES 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 88.8% of games, misses completely in 11.2%, and leaves about 92 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #540 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DONUT TRINE RAINY HOIST TONER RONTE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.49 Entropy (bits)
92 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLAES 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#540 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLAES ranks #540 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
991
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
150
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
39%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

264
189
156
138
123
85
84
65
65
52
50
48
43
41
41
41
40
39
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38
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31
28
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLAES:

11% chance
Suggested:
DONUT
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.2% →
DONUT 5.71 bits
8.0% →
TRINE 5.42 bits
6.6% →
RAINY 4.92 bits
5.8% →
HOIST 5.13 bits
5.2% →
TONER 4.32 bits
3.6% →
RONTE 4.70 bits
3.6% →
DILLY 4.84 bits
2.8% →
TRIDE 4.34 bits
2.8% →
RAINY 4.14 bits
2.2% →
TOUCH 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1A1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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