5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KAPUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kapu

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 KAPUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KAPUS 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 74.5% of games, misses completely in 25.5%, and leaves about 253 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,530 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__U_ K in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT RONTE STALE PRONE SHUTE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
253 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAPUS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,530 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAPUS ranks #8,530 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
14
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
20%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

601
315
186
184
179
100
78
57
51
44
42
40
34
33
31
25
25
23
22
20
17
16
16
14
13
12
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAPUS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.5% →
TOILE 5.93 bits
13.4% →
ALERT 5.57 bits
7.9% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
7.8% →
RONTE 5.53 bits
7.6% →
RONTE 5.17 bits
4.2% →
STALE 4.90 bits
3.3% →
PRONE 5.26 bits
2.4% →
SHUTE 4.28 bits
2.2% →
STILE 4.69 bits
1.9% →
STILE 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1P3U1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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