5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

KINKY

KINKY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 79.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɪŋki/

Adjective

Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.

“kinky hair”

Adjective

Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 KINKY performs as a guess

KINKY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 59.4% of games, misses completely in 40.6%, and leaves about 474 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,317 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.93 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__K_ K in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SORAL SOARE ROATE GRATE CARLE
Words starting with K Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.31 Entropy (bits)
474 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
79.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KINKY 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.

3.93 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,317 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KINKY ranks #14,317 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
599
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
409
6 guesses
41
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
1 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
28%
All gray
41%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
P O U N D
K I N K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches KINKY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

50 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

958
265
224
202
114
104
67
63
35
34
28
28
23
23
22
20
20
18
15
13
10
8
8
7
5
5
5
4
4
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KINKY:

41% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.6% →
TARSE 6.36 bits
11.2% →
TARSE 5.43 bits
9.5% →
SORAL 4.85 bits
8.6% →
SOARE 5.48 bits
4.8% →
ROATE 4.59 bits
4.4% →
GRATE 4.61 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 4.81 bits
2.7% →
CARTE 4.79 bits
1.5% →
SALET 3.15 bits
1.4% →
LAYER 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1N1K5Y4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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