5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KOKUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A plant (Garcinia indica) in the mangosteen family with culinary, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses.

Alternative forms: kokam, kokan

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 KOKUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KOKUM 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 56.7% of games, misses completely in 43.3%, and leaves about 531 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,554 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.96 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___M K in the 1st position and M in the 5th position K__U_ K in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__M O in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TRONE SALET TALER RAILE CARSE
Words starting with K Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.10 Entropy (bits)
531 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KOKUM 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.

3.96 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,554 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KOKUM ranks #14,554 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
20
3 guesses
556
4 guesses
1,294
5 guesses
452
6 guesses
29
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
2 vowels
Common:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
18%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

43 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1020
285
242
186
129
102
40
38
37
36
31
29
23
21
21
19
12
9
8
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KOKUM:

43% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.3% →
TIARE 6.18 bits
12.1% →
TRONE 5.31 bits
10.3% →
SALET 5.33 bits
7.9% →
TALER 4.64 bits
5.5% →
RAILE 5.51 bits
4.3% →
CARSE 5.18 bits
1.7% →
SNARE 4.54 bits
1.6% →
MULCH 3.86 bits
1.6% →
CRATE 3.90 bits
1.5% →
DRICE 3.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5O1K5U1M3
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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