5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CLEMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of clem

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of clem

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 CLEMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLEMS 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,901 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__M_ C in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ROATE SAINT ATOLL STAIR REATE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLEMS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,901 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLEMS ranks #2,901 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

379
340
194
140
134
123
74
66
64
56
53
53
50
46
39
37
33
28
23
21
20
19
18
18
17
15
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLEMS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
14% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
TRAIN 6.04 bits
14.4% →
ROATE 5.28 bits
8.2% →
SAINT 5.37 bits
5.9% →
ATOLL 4.88 bits
5.7% →
STAIR 4.84 bits
5.2% →
REATE 4.71 bits
3.1% →
TOUCH 4.60 bits
2.8% →
MINOR 4.82 bits
2.7% →
ROANY 4.91 bits
2.4% →
ALOFT 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1E1M3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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