5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CLINT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The relatively flat part of a limestone pavement between the grikes

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.

Why this solver ranks CLINT highly

This solver ranks CLINT highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #76 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #16 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.53 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__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE SALLE SARED AROSE URASE DRAPE
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLINT 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.

3.53 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#16 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLINT ranks #16 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
1,147
4 guesses
995
5 guesses
133
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:
ILNT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
36%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
192
189
133
92
78
77
76
74
62
55
51
49
39
38
32
32
30
24
23
22
22
21
20
18
18
17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLINT:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALLE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
SOARE 6.12 bits
8.1% →
SALLE 5.52 bits
8.0% →
SOARE 5.71 bits
5.6% →
SARED 5.43 bits
3.9% →
SARED 5.02 bits
3.3% →
AROSE 5.21 bits
3.3% →
AROSE 4.72 bits
3.2% →
URASE 5.26 bits
3.1% →
SOARE 5.28 bits
2.6% →
DRAPE 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1I1N1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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