5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KNULE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% 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 KNULE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KNULE 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,239 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___E K in the 1st position and E in the 5th position K__L_ K in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST STAIR ROANY PETAL BURST RESIN
Words starting with K Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNULE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,239 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNULE ranks #6,239 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
23
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:
ELNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

424
282
183
165
146
114
105
82
66
50
49
47
45
37
32
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNULE:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
12% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
ROAST 6.13 bits
12.0% →
STAIR 5.14 bits
7.8% →
ROAST 5.14 bits
7.0% →
ROANY 4.99 bits
6.2% →
ROAST 5.22 bits
4.8% →
PETAL 4.67 bits
4.5% →
BURST 4.63 bits
3.5% →
RESIN 4.44 bits
2.8% →
IDYLL 4.17 bits
2.1% →
SLART 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1U1L1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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