5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

KOINE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪneɪ//ˈkɔɪniː//kɔɪˈneɪ/

Noun

A linguistic variety that has developed in supraregional contact between speakers of various interrelated dialects, typically in such a way that features shared by several dialects prevail and those of limited distribution are avoided.

Noun

A lingua franca.

Alternative forms: coene, koiné

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 KOINE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KOINE 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,944 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__N_ K in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SERAL SLART SALTY RAMEN RIVET TRASH
Words starting with K Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KOINE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,944 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KOINE ranks #5,944 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
18
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
3 vowels
Common:
EINO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
42%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

311
307
182
146
146
130
70
58
54
50
47
46
43
42
41
41
40
33
33
31
27
27
26
25
25
22
22
21
21
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KOINE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
SERAL 5.45 bits
13.0% →
SLART 5.91 bits
7.7% →
SLART 5.23 bits
6.2% →
SALTY 4.88 bits
6.2% →
SLART 5.23 bits
5.5% →
SALTY 4.48 bits
3.0% →
SLART 5.01 bits
2.5% →
RAMEN 4.45 bits
2.3% →
RIVET 4.21 bits
2.1% →
SLART 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5O1I1N1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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