5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KNOUT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /naʊt/[nʌʊt]

Noun

A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.

Verb

To flog or beat with a knout.

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 KNOUT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KNOUT 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,005 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___T K in the 1st position and T in the 5th position K__U_ K in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _N__T N in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TARTE MARLE PULSE SERAL SLADE
Words starting with K Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNOUT 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,005 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNOUT ranks #7,005 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
876
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
26%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

597
204
183
179
153
114
101
74
70
47
39
39
32
31
29
28
27
23
23
23
22
22
21
19
15
14
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNOUT:

25% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
MARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
8.6% →
TARTE 5.69 bits
7.8% →
MARLE 5.25 bits
7.6% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
6.5% →
PULSE 5.12 bits
4.8% →
SERAL 5.29 bits
4.3% →
SLADE 4.68 bits
3.1% →
SIREN 4.54 bits
3.0% →
CARLE 5.16 bits
2.0% →
TALER 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1O1U1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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