5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KLONG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of khlong.

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 KLONG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KLONG 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 71.2% of games, misses completely in 28.8%, and leaves about 275 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,690 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___G K in the 1st position and G in the 5th position K__N_ K in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__G L in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SALLE CARET TIARE PRATE ARISE
Words starting with K Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
275 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KLONG 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,690 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KLONG ranks #7,690 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
13
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:
LNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
24%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

679
259
204
156
104
102
91
75
66
65
58
32
31
30
28
23
20
20
20
19
19
18
18
16
12
12
12
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KLONG:

29% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.8% →
TARSE 6.44 bits
11.0% →
SALLE 5.54 bits
8.7% →
CARET 5.42 bits
6.6% →
TIARE 5.25 bits
4.4% →
PRATE 4.94 bits
4.3% →
ARISE 5.28 bits
3.9% →
SPARE 4.99 bits
3.2% →
STRAE 5.06 bits
2.8% →
LOYAL 4.17 bits
2.8% →
CANER 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5L1O1N1G2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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