5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KOFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of koff

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 KOFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KOFFS 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 58.9% of games, misses completely in 41.1%, and leaves about 512 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,421 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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__F_ K in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STARE TRINE TALER ARIEL CARLE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.08 Entropy (bits)
512 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KOFFS 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,421 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KOFFS ranks #14,421 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
24
3 guesses
561
4 guesses
1,314
5 guesses
427
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
17%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

46 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

969
368
256
202
80
80
78
55
50
24
21
16
15
15
14
12
12
11
10
8
7
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5
4
4
4
4
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KOFFS:

41% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
16% chance
Suggested:
STARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.1% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
15.6% →
STARE 5.66 bits
10.9% →
TRINE 5.31 bits
8.6% →
TALER 4.47 bits
3.4% →
ARIEL 5.35 bits
3.4% →
CARLE 5.15 bits
3.3% →
SNORT 4.35 bits
2.3% →
ANILE 4.37 bits
2.1% →
URITE 4.01 bits
1.0% →
BRACE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5O1F4F4S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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