5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KEMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kemp

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 KEMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEMPS 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 74.8% of games, misses completely in 25.2%, and leaves about 275 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,011 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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

TONAL ARIEL SAULT REATE STAIR ROANY
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
275 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEMPS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,011 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEMPS ranks #10,011 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
757
4 guesses
1,304
5 guesses
239
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
17%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

595
420
207
147
139
84
75
62
58
52
45
40
37
34
32
32
24
22
22
20
19
15
15
14
12
11
11
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEMPS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
18% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.2% →
TONAL 5.94 bits
17.8% →
ARIEL 5.17 bits
8.8% →
SAULT 5.30 bits
6.2% →
REATE 4.49 bits
5.9% →
STAIR 4.82 bits
3.6% →
ROANY 4.82 bits
3.2% →
PAINT 5.02 bits
2.6% →
CLARY 4.78 bits
2.5% →
PLIER 4.54 bits
2.2% →
RAINE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1M3P3S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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