5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KOHLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kəʊlz//kɔʊlz//koʊlz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of kohl

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 KOHLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KOHLS 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 75.2% of games, misses completely in 24.8%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,980 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__L_ K in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAINE TRINE TRACE TRONE DAINE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KOHLS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,980 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KOHLS ranks #7,980 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
19
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:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
21%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

585
239
238
188
146
124
84
59
57
53
50
45
39
39
38
36
28
27
24
23
18
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10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KOHLS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.8% →
TIARE 6.18 bits
10.1% →
TIARE 5.75 bits
10.1% →
RAINE 5.40 bits
8.0% →
TRINE 5.40 bits
6.2% →
TRACE 5.65 bits
5.3% →
TRONE 4.42 bits
3.6% →
DAINE 4.70 bits
2.5% →
STRAE 4.62 bits
2.4% →
FLANE 4.12 bits
2.2% →
SNORT 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5O1H4L1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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