5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KELLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A square or hexagonal pipe that is turned in order to rotate the rotary table of a drilling rig.

Noun

A roly-poly (toy).

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 KELLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KELLY 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 321 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,750 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___Y K in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position K__L_ K in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ARISE ROAST SONAR STAIR SAREE
Words starting with K Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.80 Entropy (bits)
321 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KELLY 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,750 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KELLY ranks #13,750 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
625
4 guesses
1,290
5 guesses
352
6 guesses
41
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:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
31%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

600
526
196
176
136
122
68
42
38
35
32
29
28
26
25
24
22
20
20
19
14
14
13
10
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7
7
7
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KELLY:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
22% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
TRAIN 6.17 bits
22.3% →
ARISE 5.35 bits
8.3% →
ROAST 4.71 bits
7.5% →
SONAR 4.99 bits
5.8% →
STAIR 4.77 bits
5.2% →
SAREE 4.33 bits
2.9% →
COAST 4.69 bits
1.8% →
SONAR 4.37 bits
1.6% →
SAINT 4.07 bits
1.5% →
REATE 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1L1L1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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