5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KARRI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The tree Eucalyptus diversicolor, native to south-western Western Australia.

Noun

The hard timber of the karri tree.

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 KARRI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KARRI 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,166 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___I K in the 1st position and I in the 5th position K__R_ K in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SIENT SLATE TOUSE CLOTE BEAST
Words starting with K Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KARRI 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,166 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KARRI ranks #12,166 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
23
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

482
329
271
200
174
100
96
74
64
55
52
46
44
44
31
25
23
21
20
16
15
14
13
13
10
10
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KARRI:

20% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
14% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
STOLE 5.92 bits
14.0% →
SIENT 5.29 bits
11.5% →
SLATE 5.76 bits
8.5% →
TOUSE 5.12 bits
7.4% →
CLOTE 4.57 bits
4.2% →
BEAST 4.44 bits
4.1% →
SNIDE 4.26 bits
3.1% →
SHUTE 4.84 bits
2.7% →
ANVIL 4.62 bits
2.3% →
SHOTE 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1R1R1I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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