5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KNOUD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of nowd.

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 KNOUD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KNOUD 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 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 306 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,780 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___D K in the 1st position and D in the 5th position K__U_ K in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _N__D N in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TALER RAISE SLART SLATE RAILE
Words starting with K Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
306 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNOUD 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#7,780 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNOUD ranks #7,780 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
205
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
2 vowels
Common:
NOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
21%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

744
211
190
176
117
115
83
78
55
46
42
41
40
37
29
27
25
22
22
22
16
15
13
12
12
12
11
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNOUD:

32% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
RAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
TARSE 6.42 bits
8.9% →
TALER 5.45 bits
8.1% →
RAISE 5.38 bits
7.5% →
SLART 5.24 bits
5.0% →
SLATE 4.88 bits
4.9% →
RAILE 5.47 bits
3.5% →
CARSE 5.13 bits
3.3% →
RONTE 4.52 bits
2.3% →
ARIEL 4.74 bits
2.0% →
SHALT 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1O1U1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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