5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KAROO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kəˈru/

Noun

Any vast prairie bordering a desert.

Noun

Any of the composite bushes typical of the Karoo.

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 KAROO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KAROO 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 219 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,301 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___O K in the 1st position and O in the 5th position K__O_ K in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE TRIED SHULE TRADE STONE
Words starting with K Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
219 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAROO 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,301 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAROO ranks #12,301 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
715
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
322
6 guesses
25
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
3 vowels
Common:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
26%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

507
268
229
207
183
156
115
72
58
54
49
41
30
27
26
24
23
20
20
18
17
16
16
14
11
11
10
10
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAROO:

22% chance
Suggested:
STILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
STILE 6.08 bits
11.4% →
SLATE 5.72 bits
9.7% →
TRIED 5.16 bits
8.8% →
SHULE 5.08 bits
7.8% →
STILE 4.72 bits
6.6% →
TRADE 4.65 bits
4.9% →
STONE 4.45 bits
3.1% →
SHUTE 4.70 bits
2.5% →
SLICE 5.09 bits
2.3% →
TONAL 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1R1O1O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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