5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CLOTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of clot

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of clot

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 CLOTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLOTS 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #271 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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__T_ C in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DAINE PAIRE RAILE MORNE TIARE REAST
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLOTS 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#271 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLOTS ranks #271 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
1,062
4 guesses
1,073
5 guesses
151
6 guesses
10
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:
LOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

397
186
185
156
153
89
73
69
68
67
58
54
54
46
45
42
31
29
28
27
26
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLOTS:

17% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
8% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
DAINE 6.16 bits
7.9% →
PAIRE 5.58 bits
7.8% →
RAILE 5.46 bits
6.6% →
MORNE 5.24 bits
6.5% →
TIARE 5.56 bits
3.8% →
REAST 4.83 bits
3.1% →
RAINE 5.07 bits
2.9% →
BRANE 4.69 bits
2.9% →
BRANE 4.65 bits
2.8% →
MAIRE 5.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1O1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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