5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KANTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 KANTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KANTS 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,437 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__T_ K in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE ROUET SOREL GOIER MARLE SPIER
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KANTS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,437 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KANTS ranks #4,437 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
24%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

481
216
168
154
134
117
82
77
77
63
60
55
45
43
41
38
38
34
32
28
27
22
20
19
19
15
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KANTS:

20% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
DROLE 6.12 bits
9.2% →
DROLE 5.47 bits
7.1% →
ROUET 5.49 bits
6.5% →
SOREL 5.33 bits
5.7% →
GOIER 5.26 bits
5.0% →
MARLE 4.45 bits
3.5% →
SPIER 4.66 bits
3.3% →
CHARE 4.73 bits
3.3% →
ALERT 4.80 bits
2.7% →
COURE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1N1T1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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