5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KETES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kete

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 KETES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KETES 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 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,388 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LAIRY RAILE TRAIN SNARL RAINY ROAST
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KETES 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,388 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KETES ranks #11,388 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
719
4 guesses
1,294
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
25
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:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
28%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

568
221
205
174
152
109
99
95
74
66
56
42
40
34
32
28
25
25
23
22
18
17
17
13
12
12
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KETES:

24% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
LAIRY 5.72 bits
9.4% →
RAILE 4.97 bits
8.7% →
TRAIN 5.22 bits
7.4% →
SNARL 5.01 bits
6.4% →
RAINY 4.47 bits
4.6% →
ROAST 4.56 bits
4.2% →
SORAL 4.50 bits
4.0% →
CLARY 5.00 bits
3.1% →
CRATE 4.73 bits
2.8% →
CAULK 4.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1T1E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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