5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KENTE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A type of fabric made of interwoven cloth strips, native to Ghana.

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 KENTE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KENTE 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,110 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___E K in the 1st position and E in the 5th position K__T_ K in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL ROAST SOLAR GROIN CLARY COALY
Words starting with K Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KENTE 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
0.70 Volatility
#10,110 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KENTE ranks #10,110 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
758
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
259
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
35%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

556
230
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148
82
76
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68
66
62
47
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KENTE:

24% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
10% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
9% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
SORAL 5.88 bits
9.8% →
ROAST 5.45 bits
8.7% →
SORAL 4.92 bits
7.6% →
SOLAR 4.99 bits
6.3% →
GROIN 5.24 bits
3.5% →
SOLAR 4.68 bits
3.2% →
CLARY 4.81 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 5.10 bits
2.9% →
SORAL 4.37 bits
2.8% →
COALY 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1N1T1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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