5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

KETOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkiː.tɒl//ˈkiː.təʊl//ˈki.tɑl/

Noun

A hydroxyketone (e.g., an acyloin).

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 KETOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KETOL 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,470 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___L K in the 1st position and L in the 5th position K__O_ K in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN ARISE CRONY SAINT SAUCY SAREE
Words starting with K Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KETOL 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,470 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KETOL ranks #6,470 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
20
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:
ELOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
25%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

288
287
156
155
125
116
113
105
101
86
63
56
51
47
42
34
32
32
30
30
28
24
22
20
19
19
19
18
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KETOL:

12% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
12% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRONY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
CAIRN 5.73 bits
12.2% →
ARISE 5.39 bits
6.6% →
CRONY 4.94 bits
6.6% →
SAINT 5.55 bits
5.3% →
SAUCY 4.86 bits
4.9% →
SAREE 4.93 bits
4.8% →
ROOSE 4.46 bits
4.5% →
RANCE 4.69 bits
4.3% →
BAILE 4.58 bits
3.6% →
SHART 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1T1O1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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