5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KIANG

KIANG 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

Pronunciation: /kiˈɑŋ//kiˈæŋ/

Noun

A large wild ass, Equus kiang, native to the Tibetan Plateau.

Alternative forms: kiyang, kyang

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 KIANG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIANG 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 232 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,711 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___G K in the 1st position and G in the 5th position K__N_ K in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _I__G I in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TALER STIRE SHORE SENOR SOLED
Words starting with K Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
232 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIANG 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,711 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIANG ranks #8,711 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
805
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
29%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

566
327
186
175
115
103
83
65
58
53
48
43
41
32
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25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIANG:

24% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
SOREL 6.07 bits
13.9% →
TALER 5.66 bits
7.9% →
STIRE 5.32 bits
7.4% →
SHORE 5.12 bits
4.9% →
SENOR 5.03 bits
4.4% →
SOLED 4.39 bits
3.5% →
ROULE 5.27 bits
2.8% →
SOREL 4.57 bits
2.5% →
RABID 4.41 bits
2.2% →
CLOSE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1A1N1G2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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