5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KATAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kata

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 KATAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KATAS 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 71.2% of games, misses completely in 28.8%, and leaves about 277 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,088 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position KA_AS K in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TRITE POIRE DROLE MORNE ROUET
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
277 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KATAS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,088 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KATAS ranks #10,088 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
758
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
16
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:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
25%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

678
219
207
192
144
116
72
69
69
58
58
41
37
37
36
28
28
24
20
17
17
14
14
11
10
9
8
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KATAS:

29% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRITE
9% chance
Suggested:
POIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.8% →
RIONE 6.01 bits
9.3% →
TRITE 5.44 bits
8.8% →
POIRE 5.36 bits
8.1% →
DROLE 5.35 bits
6.1% →
MORNE 4.69 bits
4.9% →
ROUET 4.80 bits
3.1% →
RENAL 4.60 bits
2.9% →
SHULE 4.61 bits
2.9% →
LEANT 4.62 bits
2.5% →
COURE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1T1A1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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