5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KNOBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of knob

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 KNOBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KNOBS 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 70.3% of games, misses completely in 29.7%, and leaves about 304 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,953 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__B_ K in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STARE TALER RAINE TRADE RONTE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
304 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNOBS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,953 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNOBS ranks #9,953 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
792
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
16
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:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
17%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

700
301
227
197
115
84
81
55
55
54
43
43
43
30
24
23
23
19
19
17
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNOBS:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.7% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
12.8% →
STARE 5.72 bits
9.6% →
TALER 5.33 bits
8.4% →
RAINE 5.32 bits
4.9% →
TALER 5.49 bits
3.6% →
TRADE 4.54 bits
3.4% →
RONTE 4.34 bits
2.3% →
STIPE 4.68 bits
2.3% →
CARLE 5.06 bits
2.3% →
PEART 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1O1B3S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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