5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KISTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kist

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of kist

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 KISTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KISTS 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 66.4% of games, misses completely in 33.6%, and leaves about 355 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,340 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__T_ K in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE CARET CRANE PARLE DROLE REAST
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.73 Entropy (bits)
355 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KISTS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,340 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KISTS ranks #12,340 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
732
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
319
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
18%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

793
241
223
221
112
104
85
84
71
52
36
33
28
20
18
16
16
15
14
14
14
11
11
11
10
10
9
9
8
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KISTS:

34% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARET
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.6% →
CARLE 6.10 bits
10.2% →
CARET 5.49 bits
9.5% →
CRANE 5.52 bits
9.4% →
PARLE 5.65 bits
4.7% →
DROLE 4.70 bits
4.4% →
REAST 4.70 bits
3.6% →
CARLE 5.33 bits
3.6% →
CRANE 4.66 bits
3.0% →
HAOLE 4.72 bits
2.2% →
PLANE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1S1T1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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