5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CLOUD

Yes, CLOUD was the Wordle answer on September 30, 2024 (Wordle #1199).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊ̯d/[ˈkʰl̥aʊ̯d]/ˈklæʊ̯d/

Noun

A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.

Noun

Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.

Verb

To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.

“The glass clouds when you breathe on it.”

Verb

To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.

“The sky is clouded.”

Alternative forms: cloude, clowd

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 30, 2024 (#1199).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CLOUD performs as a guess

CLOUD is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,560 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___D C in the 1st position and D in the 5th position C__U_ C in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _L__D L in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SATER RONTE STANE TIARE RAINE
Words starting with C Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.3% 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 CLOUD 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,560 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLOUD ranks #1,560 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
986
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
163
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
2 vowels
Common:
LOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
30%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
B L O O D
C L O U D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLOUD in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

569
209
179
142
113
106
96
78
70
60
47
47
37
35
32
27
26
25
25
24
24
24
18
18
17
17
16
16
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLOUD:

24% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SATER
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
TARSE 6.49 bits
8.9% →
SATER 5.37 bits
7.6% →
RONTE 5.38 bits
6.0% →
STANE 5.26 bits
4.8% →
STANE 4.74 bits
4.5% →
TIARE 5.29 bits
4.1% →
RAINE 5.44 bits
3.3% →
STANE 4.94 bits
3.0% →
IRATE 5.12 bits
2.5% →
LOYAL 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1O1U1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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