5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KAVAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of kavass.

Noun

plural of kava

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 KAVAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KAVAS 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 62.6% of games, misses completely in 37.4%, and leaves about 429 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,040 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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

TOILE ROUET ALERT RONTE THALE RENAL
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.46 Entropy (bits)
429 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAVAS 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,040 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAVAS ranks #14,040 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
614
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
420
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
23%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

883
315
248
189
102
93
63
48
45
38
34
29
27
27
23
20
20
15
13
12
10
9
9
8
8
7
6
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAVAS:

37% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.4% →
TOILE 5.97 bits
13.4% →
ROUET 5.51 bits
10.5% →
ALERT 5.44 bits
8.0% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
4.3% →
THALE 4.57 bits
3.9% →
RENAL 4.56 bits
2.7% →
COURE 4.95 bits
2.0% →
STIPE 4.17 bits
1.9% →
TUILE 4.05 bits
1.6% →
GRONE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1V4A1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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