5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CLIME

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /klaɪm/

Noun

A particular region defined by its weather or climate.

“After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida.”

Noun

Climate.

“A change of clime was exactly what the family needed.”

Verb

Misspelling of climb.

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 CLIME performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLIME 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #799 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__M_ C in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT RESET ROAST SOLAR LEGAL SHART
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLIME 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#799 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLIME ranks #799 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
155
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
39%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

378
260
170
128
117
94
79
64
62
61
52
51
47
43
39
38
33
29
27
25
25
25
23
23
23
23
21
18
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLIME:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
11% chance
Suggested:
RESET
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
SNORT 6.02 bits
11.0% →
RESET 5.40 bits
7.2% →
ROAST 5.35 bits
5.4% →
ROAST 5.20 bits
5.0% →
SOLAR 5.00 bits
4.0% →
LEGAL 4.36 bits
3.4% →
SHART 4.78 bits
2.7% →
ROAST 5.02 bits
2.6% →
SONAR 4.80 bits
2.6% →
SONAR 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1I1M3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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