5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

KITES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kaɪts/

Noun

plural of kite

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of kite

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 KITES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KITES 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,049 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MOLAR LEARE ROANY CAIRN SNARL TROUT
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KITES 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,049 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KITES ranks #7,049 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
215
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:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
26%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

371
276
146
139
131
119
96
89
76
66
58
56
51
48
37
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KITES:

16% chance
Suggested:
MOLAR
12% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
MOLAR 5.79 bits
11.7% →
LEARE 5.44 bits
6.2% →
ROANY 4.26 bits
5.9% →
CAIRN 5.34 bits
5.6% →
SNARL 5.03 bits
5.0% →
TROUT 5.17 bits
4.1% →
SORAL 4.61 bits
3.8% →
REATE 4.90 bits
3.2% →
ROAST 4.49 bits
2.8% →
DRONE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1T1E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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