5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KITAB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An Islamic book.

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 KITAB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KITAB 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,830 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__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

SOLER SACRE SHOER CRONE SLANE SONDE
Words starting with K Words ending with B

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KITAB 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
0.68 Volatility
#8,830 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KITAB ranks #8,830 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
AIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
20%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

508
335
182
177
131
108
86
85
76
71
57
55
46
39
37
31
24
23
22
20
19
14
12
11
11
11
11
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KITAB:

22% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
14% chance
Suggested:
SACRE
8% chance
Suggested:
SHOER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
SOLER 5.96 bits
14.2% →
SACRE 5.38 bits
7.7% →
SHOER 5.62 bits
7.5% →
CRONE 5.29 bits
5.6% →
SLANE 4.83 bits
4.6% →
SONDE 4.57 bits
3.6% →
SNORE 4.52 bits
3.6% →
SOREL 4.83 bits
3.2% →
BLUER 4.93 bits
3.0% →
ALIEN 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1T1A1B3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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