5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KILIG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

excited; thrilled; the feeling of butterflies in one's stomach due to romantic tension.

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 KILIG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KILIG 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 60.2% of games, misses completely in 39.8%, and leaves about 457 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,756 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___G K in the 1st position and G in the 5th position K__I_ K in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__G I in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRONE RONTE CRANE CARET SABLE
Words starting with K Words ending with G

First-turn measures

3.43 Entropy (bits)
457 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KILIG 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,756 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KILIG ranks #13,756 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
648
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
376
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
21%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

940
319
161
142
110
101
98
74
50
37
35
33
28
24
22
17
17
14
11
11
10
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8
6
6
6
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KILIG:

40% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
14% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.8% →
ROATE 6.24 bits
13.5% →
ROATE 5.41 bits
6.8% →
TRONE 5.30 bits
6.0% →
ROATE 5.34 bits
4.7% →
RONTE 4.66 bits
4.3% →
CRANE 5.23 bits
4.2% →
CARET 5.13 bits
3.1% →
SABLE 4.64 bits
2.1% →
STALE 4.14 bits
1.6% →
ALURE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1L1I1G2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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