5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CLOGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of clog

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of clog

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 CLOGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLOGS 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,177 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__G_ C in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE TONER IRATE TRADE FRAPE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLOGS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,177 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLOGS ranks #3,177 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
967
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
11
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:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

475
276
204
184
113
95
82
74
74
64
57
54
44
38
32
29
28
25
23
22
22
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18
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLOGS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
11.7% →
TIARE 5.76 bits
8.7% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
7.8% →
TONER 5.31 bits
4.8% →
TIARE 5.42 bits
4.0% →
TIARE 5.35 bits
3.5% →
IRATE 5.34 bits
3.1% →
TRADE 4.77 bits
3.1% →
FRAPE 4.84 bits
2.7% →
SALLE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1O1G2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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