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CLEAN

Yes, CLEAN was the Wordle answer on November 26, 2022 (Wordle #525).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kliːn/[kʰl̥iːn][kʰl̥ĩːn]

Adjective

Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.

“Are these dishes clean? Your room is finally clean! For a baby, happiness is a full bottle and a clean diaper.”

Adjective

Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.

“Insert a clean swab into your nose.”

Noun

A removal of dirt.

“This place needs a clean.”

Noun

The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.

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 26, 2022 (#525).

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

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How CLEAN performs as a guess

CLEAN 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #508 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

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

C___N C in the 1st position and N in the 5th position C__A_ C in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SHORT TORSE SATYR TARSE YOUNG SILLY
Words starting with C Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.33 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLEAN 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#508 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLEAN ranks #508 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
995
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
152
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
C L E A N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLEAN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

126 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

283
264
177
137
108
99
87
76
60
59
56
52
52
35
33
32
31
29
28
24
24
24
24
23
22
21
20
18
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLEAN:

12% chance
Suggested:
SHORT
11% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SATYR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SHORT 5.99 bits
11.2% →
TORSE 5.40 bits
7.5% →
SATYR 5.02 bits
5.8% →
TARSE 4.68 bits
4.6% →
YOUNG 4.86 bits
4.2% →
SILLY 4.81 bits
3.7% →
SIREE 4.73 bits
3.2% →
SIREE 4.32 bits
2.5% →
GIANT 4.25 bits
2.5% →
SAULT 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1E1A1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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