5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KEHUA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A ghost; an evil spirit.

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 KEHUA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEHUA 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,724 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___A K in the 1st position and A in the 5th position K__U_ K in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TALON SIREE SONLY ALTER TRULY DETER
Words starting with K Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEHUA 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,724 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEHUA ranks #12,724 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
692
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
322
6 guesses
31
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
17%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

348
341
309
208
143
119
98
89
62
59
54
49
40
36
33
33
32
26
25
25
23
20
17
15
13
11
10
10
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEHUA:

15% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
13% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
TALON 5.29 bits
14.5% →
SIREE 5.29 bits
13.1% →
SONLY 5.47 bits
8.8% →
ALTER 4.65 bits
6.1% →
TRULY 4.65 bits
5.0% →
DETER 4.44 bits
4.2% →
TORCH 5.04 bits
3.8% →
STURE 4.41 bits
2.6% →
SLART 4.52 bits
2.5% →
TORSE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1H4U1A1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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