5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KLIKS

KLIKS 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 klik

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 KLIKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KLIKS 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 67.8% of games, misses completely in 32.2%, and leaves about 353 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,555 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__K_ K in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE LABEL RONTE TRONE ATONE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.64 Entropy (bits)
353 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KLIKS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,555 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KLIKS ranks #12,555 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
684
4 guesses
1,299
5 guesses
313
6 guesses
19
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
23%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

760
310
245
231
120
100
78
63
51
50
41
27
26
26
23
23
22
18
13
12
11
8
8
8
8
6
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KLIKS:

32% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
LABEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.2% →
ROATE 6.19 bits
13.1% →
STARE 5.75 bits
10.4% →
LABEL 5.18 bits
9.8% →
RONTE 5.34 bits
5.1% →
TRONE 5.19 bits
4.2% →
ATONE 4.91 bits
3.3% →
LIBEL 4.19 bits
2.7% →
SALLE 4.79 bits
2.2% →
STANE 4.41 bits
2.1% →
STONE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5L1I1K5S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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