Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

KNAWE

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

No dictionary definition for KNAWE is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use KNAWE in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How KNAWE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KNAWE 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,422 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe KNAWE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.51 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How KNAWE 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#9,422 Rank among openers
Opening with KNAWE left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.75 average. It ranks #9,422 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
746
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

KNAWE can come back 89 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

438 answers
281 answers
253 answers
185 answers
125 answers
109 answers
99 answers
86 answers
68 answers
68 answers
66 answers
57 answers
46 answers
40 answers
38 answers
33 answers
25 answers
24 answers
21 answers
20 answers
20 answers
20 answers
16 answers
13 answers
13 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
10 answers
10 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1A1W4E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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

Strategy after playing KNAWE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to KNAWE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNAWE:

18% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
12% chance
Suggested:
DETER
11% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
MOULT 5.71 bits
11.8% →
DETER 5.40 bits
10.6% →
CAROL 5.14 bits
7.8% →
SIREE 4.45 bits
5.2% →
COUNT 5.01 bits
4.6% →
RATEL 4.65 bits
4.2% →
SLART 4.70 bits
3.6% →
TANGO 4.07 bits
2.9% →
SLART 3.87 bits
2.9% →
RESIN 4.42 bits

Research on KNAWE

Game-tree analysis and word research for KNAWE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with KNAWE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.76 guesses and ranks #8,478 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.91 guesses at best and is rank #4,483 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.75, at or below the proven-optimal 3.76, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).