5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KEYED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kiːd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of key

Adjective

Having a key, mated to a keyseat and/or keyway, to either control or prevent movement.

Adjective

Praiseworthy and admirable, often through exhibiting independence and security; based.

“OP is keyed as fuck”

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 KEYED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEYED 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 69.3% of games, misses completely in 30.7%, and leaves about 329 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,821 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___D K in the 1st position and D in the 5th position K__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SAULT SOLAR COAST ALURE
Words starting with K Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.82 Entropy (bits)
329 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEYED 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#12,821 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEYED ranks #12,821 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
676
4 guesses
1,316
5 guesses
316
6 guesses
16
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:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
28%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

724
368
220
159
95
93
75
60
54
52
42
35
35
28
28
27
26
25
23
15
14
14
14
13
12
11
11
9
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEYED:

31% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.7% →
ROAST 6.03 bits
15.6% →
SLART 5.66 bits
9.3% →
SAULT 4.75 bits
6.7% →
SOLAR 4.58 bits
4.0% →
COAST 4.64 bits
3.9% →
SLART 4.87 bits
3.2% →
ALURE 4.46 bits
2.5% →
DANDY 3.95 bits
2.3% →
RAINE 4.25 bits
2.2% →
DROIT 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1Y4E1D2
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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