5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KNURL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nɜːl//nɝl/

Noun

A contorted knot in wood.

Noun

A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.

Verb

To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.

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 KNURL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KNURL 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,058 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___L K in the 1st position and L in the 5th position K__R_ K in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _N__L N in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SATED SALLE SAICE STIME COATE
Words starting with K Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNURL 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
#7,058 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNURL ranks #7,058 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LNRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
23%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

429
369
254
202
99
91
83
82
63
48
48
47
47
34
32
29
28
27
27
25
23
22
19
13
12
10
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNURL:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
16% chance
Suggested:
SATED
11% chance
Suggested:
SALLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
TOISE 6.06 bits
15.6% →
SATED 5.38 bits
10.8% →
SALLE 5.54 bits
8.6% →
SAICE 5.50 bits
4.2% →
STIME 4.75 bits
3.9% →
COATE 4.99 bits
3.5% →
SETAE 4.39 bits
3.5% →
GOIER 4.68 bits
2.7% →
SORER 4.67 bits
2.0% →
CASTE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1U1R1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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