5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KECKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Trousers.

Noun

Underpants.

Alternative forms: keks, kegs, kaks

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 KECKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KECKS 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 339 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,173 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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__K_ K in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ARIEL SAINT STRAE REATE CAIRN
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.55 Entropy (bits)
339 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KECKS 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#14,173 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KECKS ranks #14,173 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
21
3 guesses
592
4 guesses
1,335
5 guesses
373
6 guesses
31

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
16%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

47 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

651
464
252
174
162
157
87
37
36
36
26
25
23
23
21
18
17
13
13
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8
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7
7
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5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KECKS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TALON
20% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
TALON 5.85 bits
19.7% →
ARIEL 5.19 bits
10.7% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
7.4% →
STRAE 4.76 bits
6.9% →
REATE 4.53 bits
6.7% →
CAIRN 5.25 bits
3.7% →
ORATE 4.86 bits
1.6% →
CLARY 3.72 bits
1.5% →
STAIR 4.16 bits
1.5% →
TARSE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1C3K5S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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