5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

KAPPA

KAPPA is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 73.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkæpə/

Noun

The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Noun

A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 KAPPA performs as a guess

KAPPA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 53.6% of games, misses completely in 46.4%, and leaves about 618 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,667 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.99 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

TOILE ALERT TRINE TOISE CRUSE CLOSE
Words starting with K Words ending with A

First-turn measures

2.86 Entropy (bits)
618 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
73.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAPPA 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.

3.99 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,667 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAPPA ranks #14,667 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
502
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
484
6 guesses
38

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
20%
All gray
46%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
G A M M A
K A P P A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches KAPPA in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1094
407
231
148
94
54
50
35
29
26
22
20
15
15
13
11
10
10
9
8
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAPPA:

46% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
17% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.4% →
TOILE 5.98 bits
17.3% →
ALERT 5.47 bits
9.8% →
TRINE 4.78 bits
6.3% →
TOISE 5.37 bits
4.0% →
CRUSE 4.93 bits
2.3% →
CLOSE 4.31 bits
2.1% →
SLANE 4.77 bits
1.5% →
MORNE 4.20 bits
1.2% →
LOURE 4.16 bits
1.1% →
SILER 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1P3P3A1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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