5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

KIORE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kiˈɔːɹeɪ//ˈkiːɒɹɛ//kiˈoɹeɪ/

Noun

The Polynesian rat, Rattus exulans.

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 KIORE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIORE 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 89.1% of games, misses completely in 10.9%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,921 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E K in the 1st position and E in the 5th position K__R_ K in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SETAE SAULT SLATY SALTY CAROM
Words starting with K Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIORE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,921 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIORE ranks #3,921 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
18
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
38%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

257
201
155
144
143
139
99
81
81
73
55
53
51
50
49
43
42
42
38
37
34
28
26
24
23
21
18
17
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIORE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SETAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.9% →
SLANT 5.71 bits
8.5% →
SLANT 5.53 bits
6.6% →
SETAE 4.43 bits
6.1% →
SLANT 5.60 bits
6.1% →
SAULT 5.36 bits
5.9% →
SAULT 4.77 bits
4.2% →
SLATY 4.92 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.59 bits
3.4% →
SALTY 4.28 bits
3.1% →
CAROM 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1O1R1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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