5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KOOKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 70.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkuːki//ˈkʊki//ˈkuki/

Adjective

Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.

“His kooky behavior seemed charming at first, but soon got on our nerves.”

Adjective

Behaving like a kook (a person with poor style or skill); kook-like.

Noun

Alternative form of kookie (“kookaburra”).

Alternative forms: kookie

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 KOOKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KOOKY 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 48.6% of games, misses completely in 51.4%, and leaves about 692 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,803 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.06 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___Y K in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position K__K_ K in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SLART CRUET MANOR SLANT CARSE
Words starting with K Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.74 Entropy (bits)
692 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
70.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KOOKY 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.

4.06 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,803 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KOOKY ranks #14,803 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
21
3 guesses
453
4 guesses
1,286
5 guesses
540
6 guesses
49

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
49%
Green tile
35%
All gray
51%

Feedback distribution

39 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1213
251
176
159
149
106
52
41
30
29
18
13
13
13
12
12
12
8
8
6
6
5
4
4
2
2
2
2
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KOOKY:

51% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
CRUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

51.4% →
TIARE 6.19 bits
10.6% →
SLART 4.72 bits
7.5% →
CRUET 4.95 bits
6.7% →
MANOR 5.15 bits
6.3% →
SLANT 4.92 bits
4.5% →
CARSE 4.97 bits
2.2% →
SLADE 3.56 bits
1.7% →
PARLE 4.73 bits
1.3% →
SLART 3.51 bits
1.2% →
SAINE 3.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5O1O1K5Y4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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