5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KILIM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɪˈliːm//ˈkiː.lɪm//kiˈlim/

Noun

A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan.

Alternative forms: kelim, khilim, kylym

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 KILIM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KILIM 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 60.9% of games, misses completely in 39.1%, and leaves about 446 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,425 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___M K in the 1st position and M in the 5th position K__I_ K in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__M I in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRONE RONTE CRANE CARET STOAE
Words starting with K Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.45 Entropy (bits)
446 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KILIM 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
#13,425 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KILIM ranks #13,425 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
680
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
361
6 guesses
31
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
2 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
21%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

923
318
173
144
126
97
86
73
55
36
35
29
26
24
23
19
17
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8
8
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4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KILIM:

39% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.1% →
ROATE 6.23 bits
13.5% →
ROATE 5.38 bits
7.3% →
TRONE 5.37 bits
6.1% →
ROATE 5.40 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.80 bits
4.1% →
CRANE 5.30 bits
3.6% →
CARET 5.13 bits
3.1% →
STOAE 4.60 bits
2.3% →
STALE 4.12 bits
1.5% →
PEASY 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1L1I1M3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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