5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KIDEL

KIDEL 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

Noun

Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).

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 KIDEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIDEL 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,913 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__L I in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SAINT SAURY SCALE TRINE HOARD
Words starting with K Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIDEL 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,913 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIDEL ranks #5,913 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
866
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
16
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
28%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
312
154
147
147
119
81
77
74
59
58
48
42
31
30
28
26
26
25
24
21
21
19
18
18
18
16
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIDEL:

19% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
13% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
ROAST 6.12 bits
13.2% →
ROAST 5.79 bits
6.5% →
SAINT 5.50 bits
6.2% →
SAURY 5.03 bits
6.2% →
ROAST 4.58 bits
5.0% →
SCALE 4.71 bits
3.4% →
TRINE 4.64 bits
3.3% →
HOARD 4.86 bits
3.1% →
SHART 4.41 bits
2.5% →
TRADE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1D2E1L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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