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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

CLOCK

Yes, CLOCK has been the Wordle answer on November 26, 2021 (Wordle #160) and May 12, 2026 (Wordle #1788).

As an opener, it rules out about 83.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /klɒk//klɑk/[kl̥ɒχ]

Noun

A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.

“When the clock says midnight.”

Noun

A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.

“A 12-hour clock system; an antique clock sale; Acme is a clock manufacturer.”

Verb

To measure the duration of.

Verb

To measure the speed of.

“He was clocked at 155 miles per hour.”

Alternative forms: CLK

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 2 times

Past Wordle answer: November 26, 2021 (#160); May 12, 2026 (#1788).

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

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How CLOCK performs as a guess

CLOCK 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 64.2% of games, misses completely in 35.8%, and leaves about 391 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,775 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___K C in the 1st position and K in the 5th position C__C_ C in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE RONTE PRATE ARISE IRATE
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.69 Entropy (bits)
391 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
83.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLOCK 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,775 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLOCK ranks #12,775 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
720
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
34
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
30%
All gray
36%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLOCK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

843
285
269
138
104
81
74
70
53
48
35
29
26
22
20
19
16
14
14
12
12
11
11
10
10
8
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLOCK:

36% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.8% →
TIARE 6.30 bits
12.1% →
RAILE 5.38 bits
11.4% →
RONTE 5.39 bits
5.9% →
PRATE 4.91 bits
4.4% →
ARISE 4.98 bits
3.4% →
IRATE 5.41 bits
3.1% →
LOYAL 4.03 bits
3.0% →
TIARE 4.79 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.98 bits
2.0% →
SNARE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1O1C3K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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