Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

KEAKI

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

No dictionary definition for KEAKI is recorded in our sourced data.

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

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 KEAKI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEAKI 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #14,398 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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First-turn measures

All four describe KEAKI used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.98 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How KEAKI 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
99.83% Solved within six
0.74 Spread of game lengths
#14,398 Rank among openers
Opening with KEAKI left 4 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.74 means those games clustered within about 0.74 of a guess of the 3.94 average. It ranks #14,398 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
556
4 guesses
1,302
5 guesses
409
6 guesses
44
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

KEAKI can come back 57 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

376 answers
329 answers
271 answers
266 answers
178 answers
175 answers
133 answers
116 answers
87 answers
68 answers
42 answers
33 answers
32 answers
31 answers
31 answers
30 answers
28 answers
17 answers
15 answers
13 answers
12 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers
6 answers
5 answers
4 answers
4 answers
4 answers
4 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1A1K5I1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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

Strategy after playing KEAKI

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to KEAKI.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEAKI:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
14% chance
Suggested:
SOREE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8%
TRULY 5.50 bits
13.9%
SOREE 5.40 bits
11.4%
TALON 5.13 bits
11.2%
PILOT 4.85 bits
7.5%
TRINE 4.62 bits
7.4%
LATER 4.81 bits
5.6%
DETER 4.39 bits
4.9%
SLART 4.64 bits
3.7%
CAIRN 4.38 bits
2.9%
SLART 3.94 bits

Research on KEAKI

Game-tree analysis and word research for KEAKI, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with KEAKI, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.91 guesses and ranks #14,038 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with KEAKI can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.94; proven optimal play reaches 3.91. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it KEEKEE. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.