5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CLARY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈklɛəɹi/

Noun

clary sage (Salvia sclarea)

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 CLARY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLARY 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,470 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___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__R_ C in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT TOISE POISE TASER SAUTE SHITE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLARY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,470 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLARY ranks #1,470 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,014
4 guesses
1,067
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
15
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:
ALR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
42%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

333
295
148
129
124
99
91
88
73
69
44
43
43
42
36
33
32
30
27
27
27
25
24
24
22
19
18
17
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLARY:

14% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
13% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
6% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
SIENT 6.35 bits
12.5% →
TOISE 5.54 bits
6.3% →
SIENT 5.32 bits
5.5% →
POISE 4.53 bits
5.3% →
TOISE 5.13 bits
4.2% →
TASER 4.51 bits
3.9% →
SAUTE 4.53 bits
3.7% →
TOISE 5.17 bits
3.1% →
SHITE 4.78 bits
2.9% →
BIOSE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1A1R1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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