5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KNITS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nɪts/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of knit

Noun

plural of knit

Noun

Small particles of ore.

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 KNITS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KNITS 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 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,856 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__T_ K in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MARLE PARLE CARET MORAE DROLE SPARE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNITS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,856 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNITS ranks #4,856 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
14
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:
INST

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

591
210
197
183
142
94
81
66
66
64
59
39
37
37
30
29
27
25
25
23
19
18
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15
13
12
12
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNITS:

25% chance
Suggested:
MARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
MARLE 6.05 bits
8.9% →
PARLE 5.77 bits
8.4% →
CARET 5.51 bits
7.8% →
MORAE 5.40 bits
6.0% →
DROLE 5.17 bits
4.0% →
SPARE 4.86 bits
3.4% →
CADRE 4.94 bits
2.8% →
TITHE 4.27 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 5.25 bits
2.7% →
PARLE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1I1T1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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