5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KLAPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of klap

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 KLAPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KLAPS 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,828 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__P_ K in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ROUET LIBEL TALER DRICE POIRE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KLAPS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,828 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KLAPS ranks #5,828 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
23%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

579
273
211
175
114
97
90
65
59
52
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40
31
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28
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KLAPS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TONER
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
TONER 6.15 bits
11.6% →
TONER 5.43 bits
8.9% →
ROUET 5.66 bits
7.4% →
LIBEL 5.01 bits
4.8% →
TALER 4.57 bits
4.1% →
DRICE 5.05 bits
3.8% →
POIRE 5.15 bits
2.8% →
TASER 4.68 bits
2.5% →
CONTE 4.49 bits
2.2% →
STURE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5L1A1P3S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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