5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KIRRI

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An Afghan settlement or encampment.

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 KIRRI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIRRI 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 60.7% of games, misses completely in 39.3%, and leaves about 473 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,260 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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___I K in the 1st position and I in the 5th position K__R_ K in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE POTAE SLANE CLOTE CASTE STADE
Words starting with K Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.18 Entropy (bits)
473 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIRRI 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,260 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIRRI ranks #14,260 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
17
3 guesses
615
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
422
6 guesses
24
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
22%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

40 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

927
344
275
128
112
103
102
90
34
30
21
20
18
15
15
14
12
12
12
9
7
7
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIRRI:

39% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
POTAE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.3% →
SLATE 6.27 bits
14.6% →
POTAE 5.24 bits
11.7% →
SLANE 5.50 bits
5.4% →
CLOTE 4.35 bits
4.7% →
CASTE 5.08 bits
4.4% →
SLANE 5.34 bits
4.3% →
STADE 4.94 bits
3.8% →
TRIED 4.66 bits
1.4% →
DANSE 3.60 bits
1.3% →
CRATE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1R1R1I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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