5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CLEEK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kliːk/

Noun

A large hook.

Noun

A metal-headed golf club with little loft, equivalent in a modern set of clubs to a one or two iron or a four wood.

Verb

To strike with the club called a cleek.

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 CLEEK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLEEK 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,341 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___K C in the 1st position and K in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST IRATE LOYAL SONAR STAIR STALE
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLEEK 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,341 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLEEK ranks #9,341 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
35%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

646
310
200
139
95
93
80
75
53
48
45
34
32
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28
26
25
25
22
22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLEEK:

27% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
13% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
LOYAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
ROAST 6.06 bits
13.1% →
IRATE 5.33 bits
8.5% →
LOYAL 4.97 bits
5.9% →
SONAR 4.57 bits
4.0% →
STAIR 4.91 bits
3.9% →
STALE 4.57 bits
3.4% →
SONAR 4.39 bits
3.2% →
ROANY 4.82 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.67 bits
2.0% →
SHART 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1E1E1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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