5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KIPSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A house or shelter.

Verb

To board, to reside.

Noun

A basket.

Alternative forms: kipsie, kibsey

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 KIPSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIPSY 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 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 312 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,902 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__S_ K in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE CRANE STRAE DROLE RONTE PORAE
Words starting with K Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
312 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIPSY 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
#8,902 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIPSY ranks #8,902 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
797
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
31%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

745
249
184
179
112
108
93
70
57
56
40
34
33
28
26
23
21
21
20
17
16
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14
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12
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8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIPSY:

32% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
8% chance
Suggested:
STRAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
ROATE 6.16 bits
10.6% →
CRANE 5.48 bits
7.8% →
STRAE 5.52 bits
7.6% →
DROLE 4.93 bits
4.7% →
RONTE 4.80 bits
4.6% →
ROATE 5.04 bits
3.9% →
PORAE 5.26 bits
3.0% →
CARLE 5.15 bits
2.4% →
LEANT 4.74 bits
2.4% →
LATER 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1P3S1Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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