5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KINDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɪndi/

Noun

Diminutive of kindergarten.

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 KINDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KINDY 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 65.1% of games, misses completely in 34.9%, and leaves about 351 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,184 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___Y K in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position K__D_ K in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SLATE SORAL DROLE ATONE SALET
Words starting with K Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
351 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KINDY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,184 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KINDY ranks #9,184 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
17
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:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
28%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

822
202
172
165
119
93
87
86
56
53
36
31
29
28
26
26
25
25
23
20
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17
13
13
12
10
10
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KINDY:

35% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.9% →
TARSE 6.48 bits
8.6% →
SLATE 5.44 bits
7.3% →
SORAL 4.89 bits
7.0% →
TARSE 5.43 bits
5.0% →
DROLE 5.31 bits
3.9% →
ATONE 4.63 bits
3.7% →
SALET 4.69 bits
3.6% →
CARSE 5.08 bits
2.4% →
CARTE 4.75 bits
2.2% →
TALER 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1N1D2Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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