5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KHETH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of heth (Semitic letter)

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 KHETH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KHETH 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 352 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,804 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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___H K in the 1st position and H in the 5th position K__T_ K in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _H__H H in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SALON RAILE SAINT LEARE SLACK SARED
Words starting with K Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
352 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KHETH 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,804 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KHETH ranks #13,804 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
622
4 guesses
1,311
5 guesses
360
6 guesses
29
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
1 vowels
Common:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
23%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

633
565
241
135
89
77
57
48
48
46
38
37
31
29
29
28
20
18
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16
15
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14
13
13
12
9
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KHETH:

27% chance
Suggested:
SALON
24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
SALON 5.83 bits
24.0% →
RAILE 5.39 bits
10.2% →
SAINT 5.42 bits
5.7% →
LEARE 4.85 bits
3.8% →
SLACK 4.93 bits
3.3% →
SARED 4.39 bits
2.4% →
LURCH 4.23 bits
2.0% →
SAURY 4.14 bits
2.0% →
SLART 4.46 bits
2.0% →
PRASE 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5H4E1T1H4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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