Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CLOMP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /klɒmp//klɑmp/

Noun

The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.

Verb

To walk heavily or clumsily, as with clogs.

Verb

To make some object hit something, thereby producing a clomping sound.

Alternative forms: klomp

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 CLOMP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLOMP 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 72.0% of games, misses completely in 28.0%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,682 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLOMP 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,682 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLOMP ranks #3,682 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
8
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

661
235
195
125
108
106
86
85
77
59
46
34
27
26
25
25
24
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23
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLOMP:

28% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.0%
TIARE 6.36 bits
10.0%
RAILE 5.37 bits
8.3%
RONTE 5.39 bits
5.3%
PARSE 5.64 bits
4.6%
TIARE 5.50 bits
4.5%
STARE 4.89 bits
3.6%
TASER 5.41 bits
3.6%
ARISE 4.94 bits
3.3%
IRATE 5.31 bits
2.5%
LOYAL 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1O1M3P3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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