5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CLANG

Yes, CLANG was the Wordle answer on May 29, 2026 (Wordle #1805).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈklæŋ/[ˈkʰlæŋ]/ˈkleɪ̯ŋ/

Noun

A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other; usually, one considered more jarring than melodious.

Noun

Quality of tone.

Verb

To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.

Verb

To give out a clang; to resound.

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: May 29, 2026 (#1805).

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

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How CLANG performs as a guess

CLANG 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,125 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___G C in the 1st position and G in the 5th position C__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__G L in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE TOILE SIREN STIRE RUOTE
Words starting with C Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLANG 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
0.67 Volatility
#1,125 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLANG ranks #1,125 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
986
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
151
6 guesses
12
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:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
31%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLANG in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

502
215
170
137
109
106
94
93
68
67
59
51
34
34
31
28
28
27
24
24
23
23
23
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21
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18
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLANG:

21% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
TORSE 6.31 bits
9.1% →
TARSE 5.47 bits
7.2% →
TOILE 5.12 bits
5.8% →
SIREN 5.27 bits
4.6% →
STIRE 5.20 bits
4.5% →
TARSE 4.71 bits
4.0% →
RUOTE 5.25 bits
3.9% →
STIRE 5.14 bits
2.9% →
TROPE 4.94 bits
2.8% →
RUOTE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1A1N1G2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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