5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

KEROS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kero

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 KEROS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEROS 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,303 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__O_ K in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

PAINT ALINE AINEE TONAL SAULT TRIAD
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEROS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,303 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEROS ranks #7,303 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
29

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
23%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
235
177
172
151
121
108
104
71
69
57
50
45
41
39
37
36
35
33
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29
25
23
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEROS:

14% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
8% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
PAINT 5.73 bits
10.0% →
ALINE 5.45 bits
7.5% →
AINEE 4.46 bits
7.3% →
TONAL 4.92 bits
6.4% →
SAULT 5.35 bits
5.1% →
TRIAD 5.23 bits
4.6% →
SLANT 4.81 bits
4.4% →
THALE 4.62 bits
3.0% →
ADORN 4.35 bits
2.9% →
CLONE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1R1O1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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