5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

KITER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who writes a check while there are insufficient funds in the account, hoping it will be able to clear by the time it is cashed.

Noun

Synonym of kiteboarder.

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 KITER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KITER 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,676 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___R K in the 1st position and R in the 5th position K__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOULY SLANE HOARD CEASE SNOUT SLAIN
Words starting with K Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KITER 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,676 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KITER ranks #4,676 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
912
4 guesses
1,164
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
16
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:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
27%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
233
170
132
127
123
100
82
70
69
65
60
60
57
46
37
32
31
31
25
25
24
24
23
22
21
19
18
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KITER:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOULY
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
HOARD

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SOULY 5.59 bits
9.9% →
SLANE 5.42 bits
7.2% →
HOARD 5.07 bits
5.6% →
CEASE 4.66 bits
5.4% →
SNOUT 5.21 bits
5.2% →
SLAIN 5.20 bits
4.2% →
SHALT 5.25 bits
3.5% →
SOAPY 3.53 bits
3.0% →
TROUT 4.66 bits
2.9% →
ALONE 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1T1E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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