5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KAPUT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kəˈpʊt//kəˈpɵt//kɑ-/

Adjective

Out of order; not working.

“My car went kaput.”

Alternative forms: kaputt

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 KAPUT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KAPUT 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 216 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,741 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___T K in the 1st position and T in the 5th position K__U_ K in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

NOIRE LEARN SIREN SOLER SHORE PROLE
Words starting with K Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
216 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAPUT 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,741 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAPUT ranks #5,741 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
12
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:
ATU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
28%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

548
292
167
156
155
98
94
76
57
55
53
51
49
44
41
33
31
28
25
19
17
15
15
14
12
12
11
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAPUT:

23% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
12% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
7% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
NOIRE 6.03 bits
12.4% →
LEARN 5.44 bits
7.1% →
SIREN 4.73 bits
6.6% →
SOLER 4.83 bits
6.6% →
SHORE 5.47 bits
4.2% →
PROLE 5.23 bits
4.0% →
SHIER 5.10 bits
3.2% →
TRITE 4.77 bits
2.4% →
SCARE 4.44 bits
2.3% →
CRISE 5.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1P3U1T1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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