5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KBARS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kbar

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 KBARS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KBARS 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,430 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__R_ K in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _B__S B in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLINE TALER STILE SALET SIREE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KBARS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,430 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KBARS ranks #7,430 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
20%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

482
297
264
219
119
87
70
69
68
65
48
43
40
37
37
36
28
26
25
24
18
17
16
14
14
14
13
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KBARS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
CLINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
12.6% →
TOILE 5.19 bits
11.2% →
CLINE 5.23 bits
9.3% →
TOILE 5.52 bits
5.0% →
TALER 4.72 bits
3.7% →
TOILE 5.17 bits
3.0% →
CLINE 4.73 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.47 bits
2.9% →
SALET 4.76 bits
2.8% →
SIREE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5B3A1R1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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