5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KNAGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of knag

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of knag

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 KNAGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KNAGS 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,829 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__G_ K in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER ROUET RIONE TRICE SALET
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNAGS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,829 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNAGS ranks #7,829 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
827
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
15
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:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
22%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

593
310
239
161
113
85
83
78
73
48
44
38
38
37
36
35
23
19
19
18
17
16
15
15
15
13
13
13
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNAGS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
TOILE 6.07 bits
13.1% →
TALER 5.60 bits
10.1% →
ROUET 5.54 bits
6.8% →
RIONE 5.20 bits
4.8% →
TRICE 5.15 bits
3.6% →
SALET 4.77 bits
3.5% →
CARET 4.31 bits
3.3% →
SHITE 4.21 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 5.10 bits
2.0% →
RIONE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1A1G2S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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