5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CLERK

Yes, CLERK was the Wordle answer on May 23, 2023 (Wordle #703).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /klɑːk//klɝk//klɐːk/

Noun

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

Noun

A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.

Verb

To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.

“The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.”

Verb

To assemble information about a patient during their initial assessment by actions such as a taking a detailed medical history and performing a physical examination.

Alternative forms: clark

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 23, 2023 (#703).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CLERK performs as a guess

CLERK 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,428 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__R_ C in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT AINEE TRAIN ATOLL TEASE SAUNT
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLERK 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,428 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLERK ranks #4,428 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
923
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
195
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
C L E R K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLERK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

389
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125
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLERK:

16% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
SAINT 6.13 bits
10.6% →
SAINT 5.51 bits
9.6% →
AINEE 4.46 bits
8.6% →
TRAIN 5.19 bits
6.5% →
ATOLL 5.00 bits
5.3% →
TEASE 4.71 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 4.74 bits
2.9% →
SAUNT 4.40 bits
2.3% →
SOAPY 4.38 bits
2.1% →
SENTE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1E1R1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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