Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

KAIFS

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

No dictionary definition for KAIFS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use KAIFS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How KAIFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KAIFS 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,484 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe KAIFS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.23 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How KAIFS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#9,484 Rank among openers
Opening with KAIFS left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.75 average. It ranks #9,484 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
27%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

KAIFS can come back 73 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

531 answers
292 answers
219 answers
209 answers
188 answers
118 answers
115 answers
55 answers
54 answers
53 answers
50 answers
41 answers
39 answers
33 answers
30 answers
26 answers
22 answers
21 answers
21 answers
20 answers
19 answers
15 answers
14 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
9 answers
9 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1I1F4S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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

Strategy after playing KAIFS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to KAIFS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAIFS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TONER
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
TONER 5.94 bits
12.2% →
ALERT 5.58 bits
9.2% →
PORTE 5.61 bits
8.8% →
RONTE 5.25 bits
7.9% →
RONTE 4.75 bits
4.9% →
STALE 4.88 bits
4.8% →
TRONE 4.86 bits
2.3% →
TRAIL 4.58 bits
2.3% →
LOURE 4.82 bits
2.2% →
TRONE 4.04 bits

Research on KAIFS

Game-tree analysis and word research for KAIFS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with KAIFS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.77 guesses and ranks #9,465 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.90 guesses at best and is rank #4,136 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.75, at or below the proven-optimal 3.77, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).