5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KRAYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kray

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 KRAYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KRAYS 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,387 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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 _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLONE ROUET STILE CONTE TALER
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KRAYS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,387 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KRAYS ranks #8,387 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
24%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
248
207
187
145
121
114
78
69
69
60
56
47
46
43
30
29
29
28
22
20
20
17
16
15
14
14
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KRAYS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
TOILE 6.21 bits
10.5% →
CLONE 5.32 bits
8.8% →
ROUET 5.18 bits
7.9% →
STILE 5.42 bits
6.1% →
TOILE 4.56 bits
5.1% →
CONTE 4.64 bits
4.8% →
TALER 4.74 bits
3.3% →
SOREE 4.53 bits
2.9% →
BLITE 4.50 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5R1A1Y4S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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