5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KEEPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kiːps/

Noun

plural of keep

Noun

Only used in for keeps

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of keep

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 KEEPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEEPS 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 325 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,267 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__P_ K in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE SAULT LAIRY STAIR PATIO
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.90 Entropy (bits)
325 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEEPS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,267 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEEPS ranks #12,267 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
703
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
21%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

711
388
230
123
111
94
65
54
50
45
43
43
31
29
25
24
22
22
22
18
16
15
14
12
10
10
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEEPS:

30% chance
Suggested:
TALON
16% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
TALON 5.85 bits
16.5% →
RAILE 5.32 bits
9.8% →
SAULT 5.28 bits
5.2% →
LAIRY 4.65 bits
4.7% →
STAIR 4.61 bits
4.0% →
PATIO 5.16 bits
2.8% →
CLARY 4.87 bits
2.3% →
SLART 4.63 bits
2.1% →
PAIRE 4.25 bits
1.9% →
SAINT 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1E1P3S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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