5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CLUES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kluːz/

Noun

plural of clue

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of clue

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 CLUES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLUES 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,805 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TIARE ROAST TONER LOYAL STAIR
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLUES 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,805 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLUES ranks #2,805 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
34%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

348
248
165
142
122
116
86
81
66
58
53
50
48
41
40
39
36
34
31
30
25
24
24
23
22
18
17
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLUES:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
TRAIN 6.02 bits
10.5% →
TIARE 5.48 bits
7.0% →
ROAST 5.39 bits
6.0% →
TONER 4.30 bits
5.2% →
LOYAL 4.99 bits
4.9% →
STAIR 4.84 bits
3.6% →
LADLE 4.44 bits
3.4% →
TUMOR 4.44 bits
2.8% →
PATCH 4.65 bits
2.5% →
ROANY 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1U1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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