5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KANAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A grey mullet.

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 KANAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KANAE 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,732 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___E K in the 1st position and E in the 5th position K__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT DETER SIREE SLART IRONY SATYR
Words starting with K Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KANAE 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
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,732 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KANAE ranks #11,732 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
687
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
283
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:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
39%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

475
317
193
165
123
117
85
74
58
56
54
49
49
46
43
42
39
26
23
23
21
21
18
17
17
14
13
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KANAE:

20% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
13% chance
Suggested:
DETER
8% chance
Suggested:
SIREE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
MOULT 5.65 bits
13.4% →
DETER 5.39 bits
8.2% →
SIREE 4.43 bits
7.0% →
SLART 5.22 bits
5.2% →
IRONY 4.93 bits
5.0% →
SATYR 4.14 bits
3.6% →
SLART 4.46 bits
3.1% →
SIREN 4.43 bits
2.5% →
SHIRK 4.41 bits
2.4% →
SLART 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1N1A1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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