5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KCALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kcal

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 KCALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KCALS 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,089 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__L_ K in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ROUET GOIER RIONE TRIDE TASER
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KCALS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,089 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KCALS ranks #5,089 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
14
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
23%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

548
240
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152
141
111
80
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68
64
55
40
36
33
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KCALS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
TONER 6.13 bits
10.2% →
TONER 5.43 bits
10.0% →
ROUET 5.66 bits
6.4% →
GOIER 5.14 bits
6.0% →
RIONE 5.34 bits
4.7% →
TONER 4.64 bits
3.4% →
TRIDE 5.05 bits
3.0% →
TASER 4.69 bits
2.9% →
TRIDE 4.43 bits
2.7% →
CARET 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5C3A1L1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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