5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KAHAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The local governing body of a former European Jewish community, administering religious, legal and communal affairs.

Noun

A congregation.

Alternative forms: qahal

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 KAHAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KAHAL 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 67.0% of games, misses completely in 33.0%, and leaves about 339 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,509 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___L K in the 1st position and L in the 5th position K__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TOILE TIARE TORSE TRINE PLATE
Words starting with K Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.83 Entropy (bits)
339 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAHAL 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,509 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAHAL ranks #12,509 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
700
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
308
6 guesses
27
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
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
24%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

777
231
209
196
173
87
64
58
55
53
47
39
34
31
26
26
24
22
21
17
16
11
9
9
9
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAHAL:

33% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.0% →
TRONE 6.11 bits
9.8% →
TOILE 5.17 bits
8.9% →
TIARE 5.46 bits
8.3% →
TORSE 5.62 bits
7.3% →
TRINE 4.95 bits
3.7% →
PLATE 4.52 bits
2.7% →
CRINE 4.86 bits
2.5% →
SIREE 4.03 bits
2.3% →
TRODE 4.47 bits
2.2% →
STARE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1H4A1L1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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