5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KIDEO

KIDEO 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: /ˈkɪd.i.əʊ//ˈkɪd.i.oʊ//ˈkɪd.joʊ/

Noun

kidvid

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 KIDEO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIDEO 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 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,642 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___O K in the 1st position and O in the 5th position K__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SLANT LATER SNORE TRINE SALTY
Words starting with K Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIDEO 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,642 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIDEO ranks #7,642 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
830
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
231
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
25%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

344
339
276
169
150
98
90
79
68
57
56
52
45
41
32
31
29
28
27
24
22
19
19
16
15
15
13
13
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIDEO:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
SLART
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.6% →
SLART 5.97 bits
14.4% →
SLART 5.99 bits
11.7% →
SLART 5.29 bits
7.2% →
SLANT 5.70 bits
6.4% →
LATER 4.54 bits
4.2% →
SNORE 4.56 bits
3.8% →
TRINE 4.54 bits
3.4% →
SALTY 4.45 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.87 bits
2.4% →
REATE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1D2E1O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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