5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KALPA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlpə//ˈkælpə/

Noun

A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas).

Alternative forms: calpa

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 KALPA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KALPA 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 65.7% of games, misses completely in 34.3%, and leaves about 364 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,705 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___A K in the 1st position and A in the 5th position K__P_ K in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE STARE TOILE RONTE POIRE REAST
Words starting with K Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.75 Entropy (bits)
364 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KALPA 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,705 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KALPA ranks #11,705 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
701
4 guesses
1,291
5 guesses
298
6 guesses
16
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)
66%
Green tile
22%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

809
258
227
174
142
134
68
57
38
37
33
32
27
27
25
23
22
19
17
15
15
13
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KALPA:

34% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.3% →
TRONE 6.12 bits
10.9% →
STARE 5.62 bits
9.6% →
TOILE 5.10 bits
7.4% →
RONTE 4.93 bits
6.0% →
POIRE 5.47 bits
5.7% →
REAST 4.72 bits
2.9% →
CRINE 4.95 bits
2.4% →
TOILE 4.28 bits
1.6% →
GRICE 3.91 bits
1.6% →
TRUCE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1L1P3A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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