5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KELIM

KELIM 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

Alternative spelling of kilim.

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 KELIM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KELIM 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,948 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___M K in the 1st position and M in the 5th position K__I_ K in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__M E in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT ROAST SAINT RINSE REATE SAREE
Words starting with K Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KELIM 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,948 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KELIM ranks #8,948 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
791
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
19
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
22%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

432
364
163
154
128
127
126
88
77
56
51
42
41
38
36
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KELIM:

18% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
15% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
SNORT 5.99 bits
15.4% →
ROAST 5.59 bits
6.9% →
SAINT 5.17 bits
6.5% →
ROAST 5.20 bits
5.4% →
RINSE 4.79 bits
5.4% →
REATE 4.72 bits
5.3% →
SAREE 4.48 bits
3.7% →
MOURN 4.84 bits
3.3% →
COAST 5.02 bits
2.4% →
CRANK 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1L1I1M3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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