5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KILLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɪlz/

Noun

plural of kill

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of kill

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 KILLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KILLS 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 67.8% of games, misses completely in 32.2%, and leaves about 345 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,132 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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.

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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__L_ K in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE TRONE RONTE STANE TRACE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.80 Entropy (bits)
345 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KILLS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,132 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KILLS ranks #11,132 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
753
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
280
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
20%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

760
310
231
215
120
72
64
54
53
48
41
39
29
25
23
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KILLS:

32% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.2% →
ROATE 6.19 bits
13.1% →
STARE 5.75 bits
9.8% →
TRONE 5.64 bits
9.1% →
ROATE 5.37 bits
5.1% →
RONTE 4.81 bits
3.1% →
STANE 4.68 bits
2.7% →
TRACE 5.20 bits
2.3% →
CRANE 4.50 bits
2.2% →
CARTE 4.41 bits
2.0% →
SHAPE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1L1L1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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