5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KEENO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkiːnəʊ/

Noun

A pupil who works hard; a swot.

Noun

Alternative form of keno (“gambling game”).

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 KEENO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEENO 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,347 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___O K in the 1st position and O in the 5th position K__N_ K in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLART RAILE TORSE PANIC SAULT ARSON
Words starting with K Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEENO 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,347 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEENO ranks #11,347 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
752
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
289
6 guesses
26
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
27%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

523
335
297
126
114
99
75
74
73
69
67
50
45
34
32
28
28
25
23
20
16
16
15
14
12
11
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEENO:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
SLART 5.97 bits
14.2% →
RAILE 5.32 bits
12.6% →
SLART 5.28 bits
5.3% →
TORSE 4.58 bits
4.8% →
SLART 4.99 bits
4.2% →
PANIC 4.72 bits
3.2% →
SAULT 4.83 bits
3.1% →
ARSON 4.55 bits
3.1% →
LINER 4.60 bits
2.9% →
SLART 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1E1N1O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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