5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KNOSP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nɒsp/

Noun

Alternative form of knop (“a knob”).

Noun

The unopened bud of a flower.

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 KNOSP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KNOSP 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 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 275 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,315 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 4th position _N__P N in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TALER STALE PARLE THALE RONTE
Words starting with K Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
275 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNOSP 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
0.66 Volatility
#5,315 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNOSP ranks #5,315 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
10
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)
71%
Green tile
22%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

685
234
197
179
118
92
87
85
58
45
40
39
33
30
28
24
24
23
23
23
22
18
18
15
15
15
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNOSP:

29% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
TIARE 6.29 bits
9.9% →
TALER 5.32 bits
8.4% →
TIARE 5.34 bits
7.6% →
STALE 5.52 bits
5.0% →
PARLE 5.50 bits
3.9% →
THALE 4.96 bits
3.7% →
RONTE 4.40 bits
3.6% →
BLARE 4.66 bits
2.5% →
CARLE 5.04 bits
1.9% →
WAITE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1O1S1P3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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