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

CLOWN

Yes, CLOWN was the Wordle answer on August 25, 2022 (Wordle #432).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊ̯n//ˈklæʊ̯n//ˈklaːn/

Noun

A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.

Noun

A person who acts in a silly fashion.

“He was regarded as the clown of the school, always playing pranks.”

Verb

To act in a silly or playful fashion.

Verb

To ridicule, make fun of.

Alternative forms: clowne, cloyne

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: August 25, 2022 (#432).

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

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How CLOWN performs as a guess

CLOWN 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 232 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,879 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

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Useful pattern pages

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

C___N C in the 1st position and N in the 5th position C__W_ C in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SALLE TIARE ROATE PRATE SPARE
Words starting with C Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
232 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLOWN 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,879 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLOWN ranks #3,879 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
13
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:
LNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
28%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLOWN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

606
241
188
171
103
100
90
85
64
57
53
47
33
31
27
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLOWN:

26% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALLE
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
TARSE 6.44 bits
10.2% →
SALLE 5.58 bits
8.0% →
TIARE 5.50 bits
7.3% →
ROATE 5.19 bits
4.4% →
TIARE 5.56 bits
4.2% →
PRATE 4.92 bits
3.8% →
SPARE 4.93 bits
3.6% →
IRATE 5.36 bits
2.7% →
REAST 5.32 bits
2.4% →
ROUTE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1O1W4N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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