5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KAKAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kaka

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 KAKAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KAKAS 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 59.5% of games, misses completely in 40.5%, and leaves about 496 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,679 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.00 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__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position KA_AS K in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STIRE ALERT RONTE THALE RENAL
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.11 Entropy (bits)
496 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAKAS 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.

4.00 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,679 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAKAS ranks #14,679 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
508
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
489
6 guesses
39
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
22%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

45 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

955
325
269
213
107
99
59
53
43
29
28
27
25
19
14
10
8
8
8
7
5
5
5
4
3
3
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAKAS:

41% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.5% →
TOILE 5.99 bits
13.8% →
STIRE 5.46 bits
11.4% →
ALERT 5.42 bits
9.0% →
RONTE 4.81 bits
4.5% →
THALE 4.57 bits
4.2% →
RENAL 4.54 bits
2.5% →
COURE 4.87 bits
2.2% →
STILE 4.14 bits
1.8% →
TUILE 4.03 bits
1.2% →
CHARE 3.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1K5A1S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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