5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

KRAUT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Clipping of sauerkraut.

Verb

To make (into) sauerkraut.

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Kraut (“German person”).

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 KRAUT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KRAUT 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 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,352 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___T K in the 1st position and T in the 5th position K__U_ K in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SIDLE LADEN SEINE SONLY PARER TITHE
Words starting with K Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KRAUT 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,352 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KRAUT ranks #4,352 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
13
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:
ARTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
33%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
228
183
132
125
114
93
91
75
74
50
49
43
42
39
37
34
27
27
26
25
25
25
23
23
20
20
19
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KRAUT:

17% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE
10% chance
Suggested:
LADEN
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
SIDLE 5.97 bits
9.7% →
LADEN 5.20 bits
7.8% →
SEINE 4.93 bits
5.6% →
SONLY 4.53 bits
5.3% →
PARER 4.46 bits
4.8% →
TITHE 5.13 bits
3.9% →
SLIPE 5.14 bits
3.9% →
SNIDE 4.55 bits
3.2% →
SHIEL 4.88 bits
3.1% →
LATTE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5R1A1U1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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