5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KOTOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of koto

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 KOTOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KOTOS 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 68.0% of games, misses completely in 32.0%, and leaves about 332 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,684 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__O_ K in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE CARLE SALET CRANE MARLE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.84 Entropy (bits)
332 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KOTOS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,684 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KOTOS ranks #11,684 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
302
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
24%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

756
259
254
140
130
130
80
73
58
46
39
37
34
29
25
23
21
15
15
15
15
12
12
12
11
9
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KOTOS:

32% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.0% →
RAILE 6.31 bits
11.0% →
TIARE 5.64 bits
10.8% →
RAILE 5.50 bits
5.9% →
CARLE 4.79 bits
5.5% →
SALET 4.86 bits
5.5% →
CRANE 5.41 bits
3.4% →
CARLE 5.12 bits
3.1% →
CARLE 4.64 bits
2.5% →
MARLE 4.61 bits
1.9% →
ALURE 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5O1T1O1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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