5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CLEEP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative form of clepe.

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 CLEEP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLEEP 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,647 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___P C in the 1st position and P in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__P L in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST ROATE LOYAL STAIR PATIO STALE
Words starting with C Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLEEP 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,647 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLEEP ranks #5,647 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
34%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
276
184
129
108
95
83
75
74
54
45
45
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLEEP:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
12% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
LOYAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
ROAST 6.06 bits
11.7% →
ROATE 5.36 bits
7.8% →
LOYAL 5.00 bits
5.5% →
ROAST 4.45 bits
4.6% →
STAIR 5.13 bits
4.0% →
PATIO 4.92 bits
3.5% →
STALE 4.61 bits
3.2% →
ROANY 4.91 bits
3.1% →
SONAR 4.39 bits
2.3% →
POIRE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1E1E1P3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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