5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KERMA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation (neutrons and photons) in a sample of matter, divided by the mass of the sample.

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 KERMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KERMA 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,864 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___A K in the 1st position and A in the 5th position K__M_ K in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SONLY SAINT STILE TOISE SLATE DROIT
Words starting with K Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KERMA 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
0.72 Volatility
#8,864 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KERMA ranks #8,864 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
807
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
265
6 guesses
19
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
22%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

363
249
249
178
137
127
118
83
73
56
50
50
40
37
36
30
29
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22
21
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12
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KERMA:

15% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
SONLY 5.56 bits
10.6% →
SAINT 5.34 bits
10.6% →
STILE 5.51 bits
7.5% →
TOISE 4.49 bits
5.8% →
SLATE 4.77 bits
5.4% →
DROIT 5.04 bits
5.0% →
TRAIN 4.44 bits
3.5% →
BLITE 4.13 bits
3.1% →
CASTE 3.84 bits
2.4% →
MOUTH 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1R1M3A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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