5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KIPPA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of kippah.

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 KIPPA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIPPA 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 70.4% of games, misses completely in 29.6%, and leaves about 390 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,023 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___A K in the 1st position and A in the 5th position K__P_ K in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

ROUET TARSE TRINE RONTE NADIR STURE
Words starting with K Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.43 Entropy (bits)
390 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIPPA 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,023 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIPPA ranks #14,023 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
610
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
403
6 guesses
28
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
2 vowels
Common:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
16%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

697
560
247
149
101
92
65
63
61
41
41
29
23
15
15
14
14
11
9
8
8
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIPPA:

30% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
24% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.6% →
ROUET 6.03 bits
23.7% →
TARSE 5.48 bits
10.5% →
TRINE 5.41 bits
6.3% →
RONTE 4.67 bits
4.3% →
NADIR 4.50 bits
3.9% →
STURE 5.19 bits
2.8% →
CARSE 4.31 bits
2.7% →
REAST 5.08 bits
2.6% →
CRUSE 4.81 bits
1.7% →
MORNE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1P3P3A1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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