5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KENAF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Hibiscus cannabinus, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant found mainly in Asia.

Noun

The fibre obtained from this plant, similar to jute.

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 KENAF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KENAF 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,829 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__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__F E in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT SIREE SLART IRONY DETER SNORE
Words starting with K Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KENAF 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,829 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KENAF ranks #9,829 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
18
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:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
23%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
356
279
178
111
103
85
75
65
53
47
42
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KENAF:

18% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
15% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
MOULT 5.67 bits
15.1% →
SIREE 5.28 bits
11.8% →
SLART 5.18 bits
7.5% →
SLART 4.85 bits
4.7% →
IRONY 4.97 bits
4.4% →
DETER 4.51 bits
3.6% →
SNORE 4.63 bits
3.2% →
TRAIN 4.77 bits
2.8% →
SORAL 4.46 bits
2.2% →
SHIRK 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1N1A1F4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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