5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

KIKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kike

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of kike

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.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

First-turn measures

All four describe KIKES used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.87 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How KIKES 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#14,047 Rank among openers
Opening with KIKES left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.90 average. It ranks #14,047 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
588
4 guesses
1,339
5 guesses
362
6 guesses
32
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
23%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

KIKES can come back 50 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

530 answers
385 answers
211 answers
203 answers
195 answers
145 answers
100 answers
97 answers
61 answers
57 answers
45 answers
35 answers
33 answers
31 answers
29 answers
26 answers
24 answers
22 answers
19 answers
15 answers
14 answers
12 answers
10 answers
9 answers
6 answers
6 answers
6 answers
5 answers
5 answers
4 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1K5E1S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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

Try next

TALON LEARE SLART TRAIN OATER SALTY

Strategy after playing KIKES

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to KIKES.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIKES:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
16% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
TALON 5.75 bits
16.2% →
LEARE 5.50 bits
8.9% →
SLART 5.35 bits
8.6% →
TRAIN 5.40 bits
8.2% →
OATER 4.27 bits
6.1% →
SLART 4.99 bits
4.2% →
SALTY 3.71 bits
4.1% →
TRINE 4.48 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.42 bits
2.4% →
CLARY 4.88 bits