5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

KANES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kane.

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 KANES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KANES 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,065 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT TRIDE TRAIL OLDER DEALT SHIRT
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KANES 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,065 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KANES ranks #6,065 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
18
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
31%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
227
163
149
141
130
104
92
87
70
56
49
46
38
38
38
31
31
30
29
29
28
24
24
23
23
20
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KANES:

14% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRIDE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
MOULT 5.57 bits
9.6% →
TRIDE 5.26 bits
6.9% →
TRAIL 5.32 bits
6.3% →
OLDER 4.17 bits
6.0% →
DEALT 4.95 bits
5.5% →
SHIRT 5.19 bits
4.4% →
TARDY 4.11 bits
3.9% →
IRONY 4.96 bits
3.7% →
PORTE 4.68 bits
3.0% →
SHALT 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1N1E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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