5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KNOWD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 KNOWD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KNOWD 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 62.6% of games, misses completely in 37.4%, and leaves about 403 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,074 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__W_ K in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _N__D N in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TALER SAICE RAILE SLART CARLE
Words starting with K Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
403 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNOWD 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#9,074 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNOWD ranks #9,074 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
786
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
19%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

882
240
219
137
123
95
80
72
64
48
39
33
29
24
22
21
18
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12
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9
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8
8
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNOWD:

37% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.4% →
TARSE 6.39 bits
10.2% →
TALER 5.30 bits
9.3% →
SAICE 5.46 bits
5.8% →
RAILE 5.47 bits
5.2% →
SLART 5.03 bits
4.0% →
CARLE 5.10 bits
3.4% →
RONTE 4.51 bits
3.1% →
SATER 5.51 bits
2.7% →
ARIEL 4.82 bits
2.0% →
IRATE 5.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1O1W4D2
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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