5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KIASU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkjɑːsuː/[ˈk˭jãː˧.su(˦)][-u(˦˧)]

Adjective

Afraid to lose out, particularly because one is overly competitive.

Noun

A kiasu person.

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 KIASU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIASU 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,057 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___U K in the 1st position and U in the 5th position K__S_ K in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _I__U I in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TALER MORNE TRONE RONTE TRODE
Words starting with K Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIASU 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,057 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIASU ranks #10,057 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
783
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
18
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
3 vowels
Common:
AISU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

381
336
207
177
143
126
108
71
61
59
52
51
50
47
46
38
27
27
24
24
22
20
18
18
17
16
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIASU:

16% chance
Suggested:
TONER
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
MORNE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
TONER 5.76 bits
14.2% →
TALER 5.54 bits
8.8% →
MORNE 4.97 bits
7.5% →
TRONE 5.47 bits
6.1% →
RONTE 4.65 bits
5.3% →
TRODE 4.88 bits
4.6% →
TONER 4.93 bits
3.0% →
CAIRN 4.35 bits
2.6% →
STORE 4.38 bits
2.5% →
TALER 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1A1S1U1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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