5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CLOYE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Obsolete form of cloy.

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 CLOYE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLOYE 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 88.8% of games, misses completely in 11.2%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,112 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__Y_ C in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR SAUNT LAPEL SNORT TRAIN
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLOYE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,112 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLOYE ranks #3,112 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
944
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
17
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)
89%
Green tile
37%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

265
263
186
153
150
94
91
78
72
58
54
54
51
48
48
42
37
32
32
30
28
26
26
25
23
23
21
20
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLOYE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.2% →
SAINT 6.22 bits
11.2% →
STAIR 5.38 bits
7.9% →
STAIR 5.14 bits
6.5% →
SAINT 4.96 bits
6.4% →
SAUNT 5.00 bits
4.0% →
LAPEL 4.41 bits
3.9% →
STAIR 4.99 bits
3.3% →
SNORT 4.53 bits
3.1% →
STAIR 4.83 bits
2.5% →
SAINT 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1O1Y4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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