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

CLIMB

Yes, CLIMB was the Wordle answer on April 4, 2024 (Wordle #1020).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈklaɪ̯m/[ˈkʰl̥aɪ̯m]

Verb

To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).

Verb

(literally or figuratively): To ascend; rise; to go up.

Noun

An act of climbing.

Noun

The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.

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: April 4, 2024 (#1020).

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

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How CLIMB performs as a guess

CLIMB 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 70.4% of games, misses completely in 29.6%, and leaves about 275 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,437 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___B C in the 1st position and B in the 5th position C__M_ C in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__B L in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SALLE RONTE TRONE REAST URATE
Words starting with C Words ending with B

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
275 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLIMB 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,437 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLIMB ranks #3,437 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
10
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:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
27%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
B L I M P
C L I M B

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLIMB in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

698
218
176
135
108
106
101
99
84
67
34
31
31
31
29
29
26
24
23
23
18
18
18
14
13
13
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLIMB:

30% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALLE
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.6% →
TARSE 6.42 bits
9.2% →
SALLE 5.58 bits
7.5% →
RONTE 5.20 bits
5.7% →
TRONE 5.24 bits
4.6% →
REAST 5.56 bits
4.5% →
URATE 5.50 bits
4.3% →
SATER 5.42 bits
4.2% →
ORATE 5.44 bits
3.6% →
STOAE 5.04 bits
2.8% →
TILDE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1I1M3B3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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