5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KNUTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of knut

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 KNUTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KNUTS 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 267 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,834 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___S K in the 1st position and S in the 5th position K__T_ K in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE ARIEL TREAT PARLE MARLE ARISE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
267 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNUTS 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
0.68 Volatility
#6,834 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNUTS ranks #6,834 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
874
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
NSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
18%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

654
241
227
203
115
105
73
63
51
45
44
39
35
34
28
27
23
23
23
20
18
15
15
12
11
11
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNUTS:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
TREAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
10.2% →
ARIEL 5.51 bits
9.6% →
TREAT 5.50 bits
8.6% →
PARLE 5.78 bits
4.9% →
MARLE 4.77 bits
4.5% →
ARISE 4.89 bits
3.1% →
FAIRE 4.69 bits
2.7% →
CARLE 5.15 bits
2.2% →
POIRE 4.59 bits
1.9% →
PLORE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1U1T1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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