- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 3.46 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words containing KN
Our Wordle guess list has 39 five-letter words with KN as an adjacent pair.
39 matching words
Refine these results in Word Finder →- KNACK past answer possible answer
- KNAVE past answer possible answer
- KNEAD past answer possible answer
- KNEED possible answer
- KNEEL past answer possible answer
- KNELL past answer possible answer
- KNELT past answer possible answer
- KNIFE past answer possible answer
- KNOCK past answer possible answer
- KNOLL past answer possible answer
- KNOWN past answer possible answer
- KNEES Wordle guess
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- KNAUR Wordle guess
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- KNICK Wordle guess
- KNISH Wordle guess
- KNITS Wordle guess
- KNIVE Wordle guess
- KNOOP Wordle guess
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- KNOSP Wordle guess
- KNOUD Wordle guess
- KNOUT Wordle guess
- KNOWD Wordle guess
- KNOWE Wordle guess
- KNUBS Wordle guess
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- KNURR Wordle guess
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- KNUTS Wordle guess
- MIRKN Wordle guess
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This list has 39 Wordle guesses; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: KNACK (January 15, 2025); KNAVE (August 30, 2024); KNEAD (June 26, 2024); KNEEL (May 30, 2023); KNELL (August 14, 2025); KNELT (October 12, 2023); KNIFE (September 18, 2025); KNOCK (December 10, 2022); plus 2 more.
AWEEL does not fit this page's clues. KNEEL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.73 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
You know these letters are in the word (yellow tiles) but not where. Across the 39 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- K most often the 1st letter (97% of these words), also 5th (8%), 4th (3%).
- N most often the 2nd letter (97% of these words), also 5th (5%).
What the labels mean
Every match is in our Wordle guess list. “Possible answer” marks words on the answer list used by this site's solver, while “Past answer” marks words already used. For more filters, continue this search in Word Finder.