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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KADAI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Synonym of karahi (“cooking vessel”).

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 KADAI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KADAI 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 326 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,259 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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.

K___I K in the 1st position and I in the 5th position K__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE SIENT STARE DRONE SOREL DROLE
Words starting with K Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.73 Entropy (bits)
326 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KADAI 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,259 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KADAI ranks #13,259 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
644
4 guesses
1,312
5 guesses
332
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
23%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

689
373
263
201
113
89
80
68
54
46
46
38
32
32
19
16
14
14
14
13
12
11
10
10
10
7
6
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KADAI:

29% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
16% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
TORSE 6.25 bits
15.8% →
SIENT 5.32 bits
11.2% →
STARE 5.50 bits
8.5% →
TORSE 4.85 bits
4.8% →
DRONE 5.01 bits
3.8% →
SOREL 4.75 bits
3.4% →
DROLE 4.71 bits
2.9% →
CRUSE 4.87 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.62 bits
2.0% →
DROLE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1D2A1I1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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