5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CLOOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 CLOOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLOOT 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,961 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE RAILE TARTE MORNE SIREN RAINE
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLOOT 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,961 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLOOT ranks #4,961 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
923
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
LOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
36%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

596
232
214
133
116
102
95
78
70
53
46
43
41
33
28
24
22
22
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLOOT:

25% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
RAISE 6.22 bits
9.8% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
9.1% →
TARTE 5.73 bits
5.6% →
MORNE 5.06 bits
4.9% →
SIREN 5.39 bits
4.3% →
RAINE 5.13 bits
4.0% →
ANISE 4.94 bits
3.3% →
MAIRE 5.16 bits
3.0% →
BRANE 4.70 bits
2.2% →
SALLE 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1O1O1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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