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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CLAMP

Yes, CLAMP was the Wordle answer on November 17, 2025 (Wordle #1612).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈklæmp/[ˈkʰlæmp]/ˈkleə̯mp/

Noun

A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.

Noun

An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.

Verb

To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.

Verb

To hold or grip tightly.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 17, 2025 (#1612).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CLAMP performs as a guess

CLAMP 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,686 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___P C in the 1st position and P in the 5th position C__M_ C in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__P L in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TOILE STIRE TOISE TARSE ROUET
Words starting with C Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLAMP 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,686 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLAMP ranks #1,686 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
968
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
154
6 guesses
11
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:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
28%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLAMP in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

607
232
169
123
111
111
94
84
64
63
49
45
31
30
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27
26
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLAMP:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
TRONE 6.18 bits
9.8% →
TRONE 5.50 bits
7.2% →
TOILE 5.10 bits
5.2% →
STIRE 5.19 bits
4.7% →
TOISE 5.52 bits
4.7% →
TARSE 4.65 bits
4.0% →
TOISE 5.23 bits
3.6% →
ROUET 5.28 bits
2.7% →
BIOSE 4.58 bits
2.7% →
IRONE 5.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1A1M3P3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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