5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KORUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of koru

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 KORUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KORUS 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,059 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__U_ K in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT LAIDE PLATE MAILE ALINE DAINE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KORUS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,059 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KORUS ranks #7,059 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
17
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:
ORSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
22%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
297
220
138
126
119
104
59
58
58
52
47
40
37
35
30
27
27
25
22
21
21
17
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KORUS:

21% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
13% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
9% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
LEANT 6.06 bits
12.6% →
LAIDE 5.21 bits
9.3% →
PLATE 5.83 bits
5.9% →
MAILE 4.81 bits
5.3% →
ALINE 5.42 bits
5.0% →
LEANT 4.47 bits
4.4% →
DAINE 4.47 bits
2.5% →
SAIST 4.38 bits
2.5% →
SATER 4.64 bits
2.5% →
MATEY 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5O1R1U1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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