5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KIRNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Kirn

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 KIRNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIRNS 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,451 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__N_ K in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE SLATE CLADE CANOE COATE PALET
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIRNS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,451 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIRNS ranks #3,451 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
965
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
INRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
25%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

452
312
227
127
123
88
83
79
71
55
53
52
43
41
36
33
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIRNS:

19% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
OLATE 6.02 bits
13.2% →
OLATE 5.25 bits
9.6% →
SLATE 5.88 bits
5.4% →
CLADE 5.30 bits
5.2% →
CANOE 5.24 bits
3.7% →
COATE 4.92 bits
3.5% →
PALET 4.44 bits
3.4% →
TRIED 4.80 bits
3.0% →
SPATE 4.99 bits
2.3% →
BEATY 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1R1N1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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