5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KICKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɪks/

Noun

plural of kick

Noun

Shoes.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of kick

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 KICKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KICKS 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 62.5% of games, misses completely in 37.5%, and leaves about 442 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,441 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___S K in the 1st position and S in the 5th position K__K_ K in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE TRINE RONTE STILE CLONE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.32 Entropy (bits)
442 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KICKS 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#13,441 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KICKS ranks #13,441 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
632
4 guesses
1,350
5 guesses
319
6 guesses
24
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:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
15%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

884
349
255
188
138
83
61
49
34
33
29
28
25
22
21
20
14
13
13
12
10
9
6
6
6
6
5
5
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KICKS:

37% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
15% chance
Suggested:
STARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.5% →
ROATE 6.10 bits
14.8% →
STARE 5.71 bits
10.8% →
TRINE 5.60 bits
8.0% →
ROATE 5.64 bits
5.9% →
RONTE 4.69 bits
3.5% →
STILE 4.57 bits
2.6% →
CLONE 4.31 bits
2.1% →
SPARE 4.78 bits
1.4% →
CHARE 4.10 bits
1.4% →
LATER 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1C3K5S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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