5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet A tier opener

CLEAT

CLEAT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kliːt/

Noun

A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.

Noun

A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.

Verb

To strengthen with a cleat.

Verb

To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.

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

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 CLEAT performs as a guess

CLEAT 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 89.8% of games, misses completely in 10.2%, and leaves about 100 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #360 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___T C in the 1st position and T in the 5th position C__A_ C in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE SOUND ROANY SARGE NORTH SILLY
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.48 Entropy (bits)
100 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLEAT 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
0.70 Volatility
#360 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLEAT ranks #360 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
92
3 guesses
991
4 guesses
1,099
5 guesses
154
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:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
34%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P L A T
B L E A T
C L E A T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLEAT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

134 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

270
241
166
113
98
86
80
72
71
56
52
49
48
42
41
41
38
37
35
30
29
29
27
25
25
24
24
22
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLEAT:

11% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
SOUND
7% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.5% →
RIONE 5.36 bits
10.2% →
SOUND 5.52 bits
7.0% →
ROANY 4.81 bits
4.8% →
SARGE 4.40 bits
4.2% →
NORTH 5.02 bits
3.6% →
SILLY 4.78 bits
3.4% →
TORSE 4.64 bits
3.1% →
ROUSE 4.74 bits
3.0% →
BOREE 4.38 bits
2.4% →
SATIN 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1E1A1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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