5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

KNEEL

Yes, KNEEL was the Wordle answer on May 30, 2023 (Wordle #710).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /niːl//kniːl/

Verb

To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

Verb

To sink down so that the entrance is level with the pavement, making it easier for passengers to enter.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 30, 2023 (#710).

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

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How KNEEL performs as a guess

KNEEL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,742 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___L K in the 1st position and L in the 5th position K__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _N__L N in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST ROANY ALLOY STALE CRINE STARK
Words starting with K Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNEEL 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,742 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNEEL ranks #10,742 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
24
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
2 vowels
Common:
ELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
27%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
K N E E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches KNEEL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

574
301
217
206
119
106
74
69
62
45
36
32
28
28
25
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNEEL:

24% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
13% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
9% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
ROAST 6.11 bits
12.8% →
ROAST 5.47 bits
9.2% →
ROANY 4.97 bits
8.7% →
ALLOY 4.87 bits
5.0% →
ROAST 4.26 bits
4.5% →
STALE 4.70 bits
3.1% →
ROAST 4.66 bits
2.9% →
CRINE 4.33 bits
2.6% →
STARK 4.63 bits
1.9% →
SHART 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1E1E1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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