5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KALUA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A traditional Hawaiian cooking method, using an underground oven called an imu.

Adjective

Cooked using the kalua method.

“kalua pig; kalua turkey”

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 KALUA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KALUA 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 70.1% of games, misses completely in 29.9%, and leaves about 309 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,851 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__U_ K in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRACE RONTE SLIER SLATE SCONE
Words starting with K Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.87 Entropy (bits)
309 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KALUA 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,851 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KALUA ranks #12,851 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
708
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
355
6 guesses
24
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
3 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
23%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

705
271
213
199
182
143
60
60
59
49
39
38
25
21
21
21
18
18
18
17
15
14
10
9
9
9
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KALUA:

30% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
9% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.9% →
TRONE 6.16 bits
11.5% →
TRACE 5.57 bits
9.0% →
RONTE 5.23 bits
8.4% →
SLIER 5.01 bits
7.7% →
RONTE 4.94 bits
6.1% →
SLATE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
SCONE 4.73 bits
2.5% →
CRIPE 5.06 bits
2.5% →
SLICE 4.16 bits
2.1% →
SIDLE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1L1U1A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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