5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KIEFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 KIEFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIEFS 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,009 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__F_ K in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LAREE SLART TRAIN ROAST TRIDE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIEFS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,009 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIEFS ranks #11,009 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
727
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
14
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:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
19%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

470
454
198
178
136
100
89
77
54
49
48
47
45
38
34
31
23
20
20
17
14
13
12
12
11
10
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIEFS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TALON
19% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
TALON 5.77 bits
19.3% →
LAREE 5.47 bits
8.4% →
SLART 5.38 bits
7.5% →
TRAIN 5.37 bits
5.8% →
ROAST 4.84 bits
4.2% →
TRIDE 4.45 bits
3.8% →
LIGHT 3.78 bits
3.3% →
TREAD 4.68 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.44 bits
2.1% →
RONTE 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1E1F4S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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