5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KARSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of khazi (“toilet”).

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 KARSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KARSY 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,251 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___Y K in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position K__S_ K in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALATE STILE TRADE MOILE CLINE
Words starting with K Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KARSY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,251 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KARSY ranks #6,251 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
891
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
18
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
36%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
276
205
151
138
127
112
65
52
52
45
43
38
34
30
29
28
25
25
24
23
23
22
21
21
20
20
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KARSY:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
ALATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
TOILE 6.21 bits
11.7% →
TOILE 5.21 bits
8.7% →
ALATE 5.43 bits
6.4% →
STILE 5.30 bits
5.9% →
TRADE 4.69 bits
5.4% →
MOILE 4.32 bits
4.7% →
CLINE 4.71 bits
2.8% →
PLATE 4.74 bits
2.2% →
AHOLE 4.34 bits
2.2% →
CONTE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1R1S1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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