5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KEEKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of keek

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of keek

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 KEEKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEEKS 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 435 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,648 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.99 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 RAILE SAULT CLARY STAIR CAULK
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.29 Entropy (bits)
435 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEEKS 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.

3.99 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,648 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEEKS ranks #14,648 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
513
4 guesses
1,313
5 guesses
460
6 guesses
39
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
22%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

45 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

829
448
288
141
140
55
52
49
39
36
31
31
27
20
19
18
17
12
11
10
10
8
8
7
6
6
5
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEEKS:

35% chance
Suggested:
TALON
19% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.2% →
TALON 5.78 bits
19.0% →
RAILE 5.29 bits
12.2% →
SAULT 5.25 bits
6.0% →
CLARY 4.90 bits
5.9% →
STAIR 4.57 bits
2.3% →
CAULK 4.35 bits
2.2% →
TREAD 4.67 bits
2.1% →
NEVER 3.83 bits
1.7% →
SAINT 3.72 bits
1.5% →
CRUET 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1E1K5S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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