5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KARAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of carat.

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 KARAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KARAT 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,855 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

MOILE SOLED SLIME HOISE SONLY SHIEL
Words starting with K Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KARAT 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,855 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KARAT ranks #8,855 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ART

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
34%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
278
165
158
111
109
99
82
68
60
49
49
43
43
40
38
35
31
24
22
21
21
20
16
15
13
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KARAT:

23% chance
Suggested:
MOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOLED
7% chance
Suggested:
SLIME

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
MOILE 5.89 bits
11.8% →
SOLED 4.93 bits
7.0% →
SLIME 5.56 bits
6.7% →
HOISE 5.30 bits
4.7% →
SONLY 4.54 bits
4.6% →
SHIEL 5.05 bits
4.2% →
CRANE 4.35 bits
3.5% →
SOUCE 4.92 bits
2.9% →
SLICE 5.08 bits
2.5% →
TOUSE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1R1A1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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