5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KELLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kell

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 KELLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KELLS 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 268 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,499 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___S K in the 1st position and S in the 5th position K__L_ K in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ORATE STAIR STRAE TONAL TRADE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
268 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KELLS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,499 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KELLS ranks #12,499 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
688
4 guesses
1,286
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
23
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
22%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

574
402
220
158
149
135
104
47
42
40
36
36
33
32
27
27
22
22
20
18
17
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11
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10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KELLS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
17% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
TRAIN 5.98 bits
17.0% →
ORATE 5.25 bits
9.3% →
STAIR 5.32 bits
6.7% →
STRAE 4.76 bits
6.3% →
TONAL 4.98 bits
5.7% →
TRADE 4.61 bits
4.4% →
RANEE 4.38 bits
2.0% →
CROAK 4.48 bits
1.8% →
DAILY 4.01 bits
1.7% →
SAINT 3.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1L1L1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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