5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KIEVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of keeve.

Verb

Alternative form of keeve.

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 KIEVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIEVE 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 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 330 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,431 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___E K in the 1st position and E in the 5th position K__V_ K in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST LATER SLANT SLART SALTY CLARY
Words starting with K Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
330 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIEVE 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,431 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIEVE ranks #13,431 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
671
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
375
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
3 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
33%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

739
284
254
206
103
90
76
66
63
48
40
33
32
29
25
25
23
19
18
15
14
13
12
11
9
9
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIEVE:

31% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
12% chance
Suggested:
LATER
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
ROAST 5.92 bits
12.0% →
LATER 5.36 bits
10.8% →
SLANT 5.47 bits
8.7% →
SLART 5.19 bits
4.4% →
SALTY 4.19 bits
3.8% →
CLARY 4.95 bits
3.2% →
SLART 4.87 bits
2.8% →
SLART 3.87 bits
2.7% →
TRIED 4.56 bits
2.0% →
TALER 3.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1E1V4E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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