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KAYAK

Yes, KAYAK was the Wordle answer on April 21, 2023 (Wordle #671).

As an opener, it rules out about 75.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪˌæk/

Noun

A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck.

Verb

To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.

“Kayaking is an Olympic sport.”

Verb

To traverse (a body of water) by kayak.

“On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from Hell's Gate to Spyten Duyvil.”

Alternative forms: kaiak, kiack, kyack, kyak

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 21, 2023 (#671).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How KAYAK performs as a guess

KAYAK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 55.3% of games, misses completely in 44.7%, and leaves about 573 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,788 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.05 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___K K in the 1st position and K in the 5th position K__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__K A in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE STIRE TOILE TRICE SENOR SLART
Words starting with K Words ending with K

First-turn measures

2.94 Entropy (bits)
573 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
75.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KAYAK 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.

4.05 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,788 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KAYAK ranks #14,788 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
22
3 guesses
454
4 guesses
1,308
5 guesses
516
6 guesses
48
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
25%
All gray
45%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
M A C A W
K A Y A K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches KAYAK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

43 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1055
347
237
184
113
75
62
36
32
28
23
22
17
16
14
12
11
11
9
9
6
5
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KAYAK:

45% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
15% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.7% →
TOISE 6.06 bits
14.7% →
STIRE 5.32 bits
10.1% →
TOILE 4.58 bits
7.8% →
TRICE 4.77 bits
4.8% →
SENOR 4.67 bits
3.2% →
SLART 3.49 bits
2.6% →
CRISE 4.62 bits
1.5% →
ORATE 3.99 bits
1.4% →
SLANT 3.61 bits
1.2% →
GRATE 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1Y4A1K5
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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