5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

CLAIM

CLAIM is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kleɪm/

Noun

A demand of ownership made for something.

“a claim of ownership”

Noun

The thing claimed.

Verb

To demand ownership of.

Verb

To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.

Alternative forms: claym

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 CLAIM performs as a guess

CLAIM is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,124 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___M C in the 1st position and M in the 5th position C__I_ C in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__M L in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TRINE TARSE STURE TROLL HOMER
Words starting with C Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLAIM 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,124 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLAIM ranks #1,124 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,111
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
9
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:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
C L A I M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLAIM in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
236
224
124
114
109
71
66
61
56
54
42
40
38
32
28
28
27
27
26
26
25
22
20
19
18
16
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLAIM:

20% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
TORSE 6.31 bits
10.0% →
TRINE 5.47 bits
9.5% →
TARSE 5.46 bits
5.3% →
STURE 5.05 bits
4.8% →
TROLL 4.69 bits
4.6% →
TARSE 4.68 bits
3.0% →
HOMER 4.95 bits
2.8% →
RONTE 5.06 bits
2.6% →
TRIDE 4.24 bits
2.4% →
SOBER 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1A1I1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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