5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

KREEN

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

No dictionary definition for KREEN is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

Open Solver with KREEN Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

Check KREEN on Wiktionary or report a missing entry.

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 KREEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KREEN 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,693 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.
See strategy patterns

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

K___N K in the 1st position and N in the 5th position K__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in KREEN.

First-turn measures

All four describe KREEN used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.49 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How KREEN 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#9,693 Rank among openers
Opening with KREEN left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.76 average. It ranks #9,693 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
805
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
281
6 guesses
22
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
33%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

KREEN can come back 82 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

546 answers
270 answers
212 answers
186 answers
104 answers
102 answers
100 answers
67 answers
61 answers
52 answers
50 answers
44 answers
40 answers
29 answers
28 answers
28 answers
22 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers
18 answers
17 answers
17 answers
16 answers
15 answers
15 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers
13 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5R1E1E1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Try next

SAULT SLATE COAST SAINT REAST ROAST

Strategy after playing KREEN

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to KREEN.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KREEN:

23% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
SAULT 5.93 bits
11.4% →
SLATE 5.57 bits
8.9% →
COAST 5.32 bits
7.8% →
SAINT 5.22 bits
4.4% →
REAST 4.51 bits
4.3% →
ROAST 3.50 bits
4.2% →
COAST 4.48 bits
2.8% →
SAICE 4.37 bits
2.6% →
CAULK 4.76 bits
2.2% →
LAIDE 3.92 bits

Research on KREEN

Game-tree analysis and word research for KREEN, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with KREEN, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.75 guesses and ranks #8,224 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with KREEN can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.76, at or below the proven-optimal 3.75, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

One syllable Say it KREEN. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.