5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KEYER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who, or that which, keys.

Noun

A device for signalling by pressing keys or switches.

Adjective

comparative form of key: more key

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 KEYER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEYER 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,288 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___R K in the 1st position and R in the 5th position K__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT COAST SAULT ALIEN SHALT
Words starting with K Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEYER 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,288 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEYER ranks #12,288 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
715
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
305
6 guesses
24
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:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
27%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

542
294
255
215
134
103
75
74
66
65
54
38
33
30
27
25
24
23
23
21
16
15
14
13
13
12
12
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEYER:

23% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
SAINT 6.15 bits
12.5% →
SLANT 5.64 bits
10.8% →
COAST 5.41 bits
9.1% →
SAULT 4.67 bits
5.7% →
COAST 4.85 bits
4.4% →
SAINT 3.55 bits
3.2% →
ALIEN 4.35 bits
3.1% →
SHALT 4.45 bits
2.8% →
CAULK 4.54 bits
2.8% →
CARRY 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1Y4E1R1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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