5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KINES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kine

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 KINES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KINES 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,232 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MORAL REATE SLART SOLAR TRAIL GRANT
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KINES 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,232 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KINES ranks #7,232 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
833
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
27%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
306
171
155
128
127
91
77
70
67
56
45
42
38
35
34
29
26
25
23
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21
18
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KINES:

17% chance
Suggested:
MORAL
13% chance
Suggested:
REATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
MORAL 5.79 bits
13.0% →
REATE 5.57 bits
7.2% →
SLART 5.41 bits
6.6% →
SOLAR 4.04 bits
5.4% →
SLART 5.03 bits
5.4% →
TRAIL 5.30 bits
3.9% →
GRANT 4.94 bits
3.3% →
DIRTY 3.90 bits
3.0% →
TRADE 4.30 bits
2.8% →
ROANY 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1N1E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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