5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KAIDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kaid

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 KAIDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KAIDS 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,182 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___S K in the 1st position and S in the 5th position K__D_ K in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROUTE ALERT ROUET RONTE STALE DRONE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAIDS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,182 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAIDS ranks #7,182 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
841
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
254
209
179
176
114
102
100
53
53
51
49
45
43
40
36
26
25
25
23
20
20
16
15
15
15
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAIDS:

20% chance
Suggested:
ROUTE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
ROUTE 5.96 bits
10.8% →
ALERT 5.62 bits
8.9% →
ROUET 5.52 bits
7.6% →
RONTE 5.30 bits
7.5% →
RONTE 4.77 bits
4.8% →
STALE 4.90 bits
4.3% →
DRONE 5.14 bits
4.2% →
TRONE 5.01 bits
2.2% →
STONE 4.06 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1I1D2S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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