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

CLING

Yes, CLING was the Wordle answer on August 10, 2022 (Wordle #417).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋ/

Noun

Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.

Noun

Adherence; attachment; devotion.

Verb

To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.

“Seaweed clung to the anchor.”

Verb

To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.

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: August 10, 2022 (#417).

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

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How CLING performs as a guess

CLING 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 74.5% of games, misses completely in 25.5%, and leaves about 219 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,216 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___G C in the 1st position and G in the 5th position C__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__G L in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SATER SORED SATED ROATE GAUGE
Words starting with C Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
219 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLING 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,216 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLING ranks #2,216 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
980
4 guesses
1,143
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
17
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:
ILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
29%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F L I C K
C L I N G

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLING in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

601
223
135
134
107
106
96
91
85
66
62
52
33
28
27
27
26
25
25
23
23
19
18
17
17
16
16
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLING:

25% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SATER
6% chance
Suggested:
SORED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.5% →
TARSE 6.47 bits
9.5% →
SATER 5.47 bits
5.7% →
SORED 5.42 bits
5.7% →
SATED 5.19 bits
4.5% →
ROATE 5.43 bits
4.5% →
GAUGE 5.16 bits
4.1% →
ORATE 5.43 bits
3.9% →
TARSE 5.29 bits
3.6% →
STOAE 4.98 bits
2.8% →
TOUSE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1I1N1G2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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