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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess A tier opener

CLEAR

Yes, CLEAR was the Wordle answer on September 13, 2023 (Wordle #816).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈklɪə/[ˈkʰlɪə̯]/ˈkliə/

Adjective

Transparent in colour.

“as clear as crystal”

Adjective

Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.

“The windshield was clear and clean.”

Adverb

All the way; entirely.

“I threw it clear across the river to the other side.”

Adverb

Not near something or touching it.

“Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.”

Alternative forms: CLR

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: September 13, 2023 (#816).

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

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How CLEAR performs as a guess

CLEAR 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 89.1% of games, misses completely in 10.9%, and leaves about 91 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #425 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___R C in the 1st position and R in the 5th position C__A_ C in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SNOUT TOISE SAINT GROUT STAVE HOARD
Words starting with C Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.54 Entropy (bits)
91 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLEAR 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
0.71 Volatility
#425 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLEAR ranks #425 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
89
3 guesses
1,003
4 guesses
1,079
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
17
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:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
33%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
C L E A R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLEAR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

137 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

258
173
151
138
119
93
92
85
83
70
59
55
49
44
42
41
33
32
30
26
25
23
23
22
21
20
20
19
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLEAR:

11% chance
Suggested:
SNOUT
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
6% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.9% →
SNOUT 5.78 bits
7.3% →
TOISE 5.27 bits
6.4% →
SAINT 5.42 bits
5.9% →
GROUT 5.16 bits
5.0% →
TOISE 4.60 bits
3.9% →
STAVE 4.49 bits
3.9% →
HOARD 4.24 bits
3.6% →
SILLY 4.83 bits
3.5% →
TOISE 3.42 bits
3.0% →
BOITE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1E1A1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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