5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KHYAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A form of Indian song composed of two matras.

Alternative forms: khayal

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 KHYAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KHYAL 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,939 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _H__L H in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRINE TOISE SIRED SLATE CRUET
Words starting with K Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KHYAL 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,939 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KHYAL ranks #9,939 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
22
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
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
19%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

619
330
172
153
115
107
75
67
56
55
53
51
48
47
33
33
24
24
23
21
21
21
16
15
15
12
12
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KHYAL:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
TRONE 6.17 bits
14.0% →
TRINE 5.50 bits
7.3% →
TOISE 5.23 bits
6.5% →
SIRED 4.71 bits
4.9% →
SLATE 4.67 bits
4.5% →
CRUET 5.01 bits
3.2% →
TARSE 4.29 bits
2.8% →
TORSE 5.36 bits
2.4% →
SOBER 4.03 bits
2.3% →
TRODE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5H4Y4A1L1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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