5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KAURU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A Maori foodstuff made from the stems of the cabbage 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 KAURU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KAURU 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,336 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___U K in the 1st position and U in the 5th position K__R_ K in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__U A in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLATE SINCE STILE LEAST
Words starting with K Words ending with U

First-turn measures

3.83 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAURU 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,336 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAURU ranks #13,336 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
675
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
335
6 guesses
32
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
3 vowels
Common:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
26%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

580
313
303
178
156
140
82
73
73
60
55
50
43
32
24
22
22
16
14
11
11
9
9
8
8
7
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAURU:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
TOILE 6.13 bits
13.3% →
TOISE 5.24 bits
12.8% →
SLATE 5.64 bits
7.5% →
SINCE 4.57 bits
6.6% →
STILE 5.02 bits
5.9% →
LEAST 4.42 bits
3.5% →
PORTE 4.02 bits
3.1% →
SURER 4.64 bits
3.1% →
SHOTE 4.41 bits
2.5% →
SEITY 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1U1R1U1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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