5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KEPIS

KEPIS 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

plural of kepi

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 KEPIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEPIS 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,881 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___S K in the 1st position and S in the 5th position K__I_ K in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALTER GLINT SAULT LEARE TRINE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEPIS 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
0.69 Volatility
#8,881 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEPIS ranks #8,881 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
785
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
21%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
351
168
166
150
125
121
92
64
50
49
42
42
33
32
31
31
30
22
21
17
16
16
15
15
14
13
12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEPIS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TALON
15% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
7% chance
Suggested:
GLINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
TALON 5.80 bits
14.9% →
ALTER 5.42 bits
7.1% →
GLINT 4.93 bits
7.0% →
SAULT 5.34 bits
6.4% →
LEARE 4.57 bits
5.3% →
TRINE 4.63 bits
5.1% →
SHART 5.00 bits
3.9% →
CARET 4.51 bits
2.7% →
POUTY 4.80 bits
2.1% →
CLARY 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1P3I1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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