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

KNELT

Yes, KNELT was the Wordle answer on October 12, 2023 (Wordle #845).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nɛlt/

Verb

simple past and past participle of kneel.

Alternative forms: kneeled

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: October 12, 2023 (#845).

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

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How KNELT performs as a guess

KNELT 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,583 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

K___T K in the 1st position and T in the 5th position K__L_ K in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _N__T N in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAROM RAISE ROANY SORAL SITAR SEARE
Words starting with K Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNELT 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,583 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNELT ranks #5,583 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
17
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:
ELNT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
26%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
D W E L T
K N E L T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches KNELT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

335
318
157
150
147
128
116
108
92
71
51
50
38
35
33
32
28
25
23
23
22
21
21
21
16
16
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNELT:

14% chance
Suggested:
CAROM
13% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
CAROM 5.80 bits
13.5% →
RAISE 5.25 bits
6.7% →
ROANY 5.00 bits
6.4% →
SORAL 5.15 bits
6.2% →
SITAR 4.90 bits
5.4% →
SEARE 4.63 bits
4.9% →
TARTE 4.96 bits
4.6% →
SIREE 4.70 bits
3.9% →
AROSE 4.83 bits
3.0% →
IDYLL 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1E1L1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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