5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KORIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kori

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 KORIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KORIS 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,486 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__I_ K in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT STALE THALE LEANY ALONE TRIED
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KORIS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,486 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KORIS ranks #6,486 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
IORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
26%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
231
198
189
129
110
101
99
78
70
59
54
53
44
43
36
34
31
28
27
23
23
21
15
15
14
14
14
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KORIS:

17% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
8% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
LEANT 5.96 bits
9.8% →
LEANT 5.29 bits
8.4% →
STALE 5.77 bits
8.0% →
THALE 5.19 bits
5.5% →
LEANY 4.28 bits
4.7% →
ALONE 5.24 bits
4.3% →
TRIED 4.48 bits
4.2% →
TRADE 4.23 bits
3.3% →
CADET 4.91 bits
3.0% →
STILE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5O1R1I1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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