5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KIAAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Pterocarpus angolensis (African teak).

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 KIAAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIAAT 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,471 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___T K in the 1st position and T in the 5th position K__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER CRINE SHOER CRUSE SONDE SOREL
Words starting with K Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIAAT 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,471 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIAAT ranks #10,471 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
770
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
280
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
37%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

589
221
198
155
142
122
90
78
75
62
57
51
50
36
34
33
33
30
27
21
20
19
16
15
14
13
12
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIAAT:

25% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
8% chance
Suggested:
CRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
SOLER 5.95 bits
9.4% →
SOLER 5.11 bits
8.4% →
CRINE 5.29 bits
6.6% →
SHOER 5.56 bits
6.0% →
CRUSE 4.96 bits
5.2% →
SONDE 4.58 bits
3.8% →
SOREL 5.15 bits
3.3% →
SENOR 4.66 bits
3.2% →
LATTE 4.47 bits
2.6% →
CLOSE 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1A1A1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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