5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KENCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A bin or enclosure in which fish or skins are salted.

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 KENCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KENCH 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 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 254 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,856 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___H K in the 1st position and H in the 5th position K__C_ K in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SOLAR ARISE ROAST SLART SORAL DOREE
Words starting with K Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
254 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KENCH 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,856 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KENCH ranks #8,856 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
27

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

553
443
170
135
108
98
72
64
63
59
50
33
32
31
31
28
24
23
22
21
21
15
15
15
14
13
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KENCH:

23% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
19% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.4% →
SOLAR 5.90 bits
18.8% →
ARISE 5.29 bits
7.2% →
ROAST 5.25 bits
5.7% →
SLART 4.94 bits
4.6% →
SORAL 5.47 bits
4.2% →
DOREE 4.42 bits
3.1% →
STAIR 4.81 bits
2.7% →
TARSE 5.02 bits
2.7% →
ORATE 4.59 bits
2.5% →
ROAST 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1N1C3H4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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