5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCLIM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SCLIM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCLIM 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,166 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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.

S___M S in the 1st position and M in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

ROATE TRONE CRATE PEART RAILE CLEAN
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCLIM 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#1,166 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCLIM ranks #1,166 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
1,007
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
159
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
1 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
28%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

524
219
195
165
160
124
102
68
56
53
51
47
43
43
38
29
27
23
23
22
21
20
19
16
13
12
12
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCLIM:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
ROATE 6.17 bits
9.3% →
ROATE 5.40 bits
8.3% →
TRONE 5.48 bits
7.0% →
CRATE 5.76 bits
6.8% →
PEART 5.43 bits
5.3% →
ROATE 5.58 bits
4.3% →
ROATE 5.32 bits
2.9% →
RAILE 4.57 bits
2.4% →
CLEAN 4.81 bits
2.2% →
TRADE 4.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3L1I1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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