5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KEXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kex

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 KEXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEXES 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 65.4% of games, misses completely in 34.6%, and leaves about 394 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,580 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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

TALON RAILE SAULT RAINY SLART CLARY
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.45 Entropy (bits)
394 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEXES 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,580 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEXES ranks #14,580 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
533
4 guesses
1,320
5 guesses
439
6 guesses
34

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
26%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

47 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

817
300
287
185
140
138
74
51
33
33
31
30
26
24
23
18
17
14
13
13
10
8
8
7
7
6
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEXES:

35% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.6% →
TALON 5.77 bits
12.7% →
RAILE 5.00 bits
12.2% →
SAULT 5.25 bits
7.8% →
RAINY 4.36 bits
5.9% →
SLART 4.76 bits
5.8% →
CLARY 4.92 bits
3.1% →
CAULK 4.93 bits
2.2% →
SAINT 3.88 bits
1.4% →
TRADE 4.01 bits
1.4% →
CARNE 3.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1X8E1S1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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