5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

KAROS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 KAROS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KAROS 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,771 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___S K in the 1st position and S in the 5th position K__O_ K in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TILDE TRIED TUILE ALATE STILE CLINE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAROS 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
0.69 Volatility
#5,771 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAROS ranks #5,771 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
25%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

352
186
184
169
146
137
126
100
93
68
52
45
44
43
38
34
30
28
27
27
24
24
24
21
21
20
20
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAROS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
8% chance
Suggested:
TUILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
TILDE 5.96 bits
7.9% →
TRIED 5.21 bits
7.8% →
TUILE 4.83 bits
7.2% →
ALATE 5.45 bits
6.2% →
STILE 5.41 bits
5.8% →
CLINE 4.58 bits
5.3% →
TRADE 4.70 bits
4.2% →
CONTE 4.20 bits
3.9% →
THALE 4.85 bits
2.9% →
SCOTE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1R1O1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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