5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CLEPT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /klɛpt/

Verb

simple past and past participle of clepe

Alternative forms: cleped, ycleped, yclept

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 CLEPT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLEPT 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #717 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ROANY SONAR LOYAL LAREE TARTE RAINY
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLEPT 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#717 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLEPT ranks #717 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,015
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
157
6 guesses
12
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:
ELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
31%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

350
327
143
138
111
107
98
70
63
62
58
57
50
39
36
33
31
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29
24
21
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLEPT:

15% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
14% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
6% chance
Suggested:
LOYAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
ROANY 5.83 bits
13.9% →
SONAR 5.47 bits
6.1% →
LOYAL 5.01 bits
5.9% →
SONAR 5.24 bits
4.7% →
LAREE 4.70 bits
4.5% →
TARTE 4.94 bits
4.2% →
SONAR 4.96 bits
3.0% →
SONAR 5.06 bits
2.7% →
ROANY 4.80 bits
2.6% →
RAINY 4.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1E1P3T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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