5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KEMPT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɛm(p)t/

Adjective

Neat and tidy.

Verb

simple past and past participle of kemb.

Adjective

Of a person's beard or hair: combed.

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 KEMPT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEMPT 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,081 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___T K in the 1st position and T in the 5th position K__P_ K in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SOLAR SONAR RANEE TARTE SIREE
Words starting with K Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEMPT 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
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#9,081 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEMPT ranks #9,081 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
794
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
17
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:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
24%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

525
396
172
129
129
113
89
85
83
81
56
56
37
30
28
24
22
22
18
17
17
16
15
15
14
12
11
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEMPT:

22% chance
Suggested:
SALON
17% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
7% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
SALON 5.82 bits
16.8% →
SOLAR 5.32 bits
7.3% →
SONAR 5.19 bits
5.5% →
SONAR 4.97 bits
5.5% →
RANEE 4.47 bits
4.8% →
TARTE 4.67 bits
3.8% →
SOLAR 4.93 bits
3.6% →
SIREE 4.97 bits
3.5% →
CLARY 4.88 bits
3.4% →
SOLAR 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1M3P3T1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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