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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

CLOVE

Yes, CLOVE was the Wordle answer on February 21, 2025 (Wordle #1343).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kləʊv//kloʊv/

Noun

A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.

Noun

A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.

Verb

simple past of cleave

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: February 21, 2025 (#1343).

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

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How CLOVE performs as a guess

CLOVE 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,778 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__V_ C in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR RAINY STILL PETAL SNORT
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLOVE 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
0.69 Volatility
#4,778 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLOVE ranks #4,778 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
18
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
37%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
C L O N E
C L O V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLOVE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

407
295
175
168
129
100
95
83
63
53
51
49
43
40
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLOVE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
7% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
SAINT 6.21 bits
12.5% →
STAIR 5.38 bits
7.4% →
RAINY 5.00 bits
7.1% →
STAIR 5.19 bits
5.5% →
STILL 5.08 bits
4.2% →
PETAL 4.50 bits
4.0% →
SNORT 4.51 bits
3.5% →
SAINT 4.85 bits
2.7% →
SAINT 4.60 bits
2.2% →
OWNER 3.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1O1V4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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