5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CLOPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of clop

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of clop

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 CLOPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLOPS 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,103 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE RONTE TRADE PAIRE FRATE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLOPS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,103 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLOPS ranks #1,103 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
150
6 guesses
9
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)
78%
Green tile
27%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

518
238
203
202
99
74
71
68
68
62
59
53
44
39
29
27
26
26
23
23
22
22
19
19
17
17
15
15
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLOPS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
TIARE 6.29 bits
10.1% →
TIARE 5.73 bits
8.6% →
RAILE 5.40 bits
8.6% →
RONTE 5.43 bits
4.2% →
TIARE 5.42 bits
3.1% →
TRADE 4.83 bits
3.0% →
TIARE 5.20 bits
2.9% →
PAIRE 5.07 bits
2.9% →
FRATE 4.80 bits
2.6% →
LOYAL 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1O1P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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