5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KAURI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊɹi/

Noun

A conifer of the genus Agathis, found in Australasia and Melanesia, especially Agathis australis.

Noun

A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.

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 KAURI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KAURI 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 87.3% of games, misses completely in 12.7%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,144 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___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 TOILE SLATE TOWER RIPEN SONLY
Words starting with K Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAURI 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
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,144 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAURI ranks #10,144 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
24
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
3 vowels
Common:
AIRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
26%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

299
279
240
196
146
117
114
113
72
69
68
61
52
46
44
42
31
30
27
26
24
22
21
16
16
14
12
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAURI:

13% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.7% →
STOLE 5.70 bits
11.8% →
TOILE 5.23 bits
10.2% →
SLATE 5.69 bits
8.3% →
TOWER 4.83 bits
6.2% →
STOLE 4.56 bits
5.0% →
RIPEN 4.24 bits
4.8% →
SONLY 4.43 bits
4.8% →
BEAST 4.47 bits
3.1% →
PORTE 3.94 bits
2.9% →
SHOTE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1U1R1I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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