5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KILPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 KILPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KILPS 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 267 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,889 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S K in the 1st position and S in the 5th position K__P_ K in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRONE RONTE PORAE GLARE TRACE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
267 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KILPS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,889 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KILPS ranks #5,889 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
861
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
11
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
17%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

652
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99
81
68
60
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57
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KILPS:

28% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
ROATE 6.21 bits
10.4% →
ROATE 5.74 bits
10.3% →
ROATE 5.46 bits
8.4% →
TRONE 5.61 bits
4.2% →
RONTE 4.70 bits
3.4% →
PORAE 5.24 bits
2.9% →
GLARE 4.54 bits
2.5% →
TRACE 5.20 bits
2.5% →
STARE 4.95 bits
2.5% →
THALE 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1L1P3S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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