Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KREEP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

potassium-phosphorus-rare earth elements crustal material of the Moon

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 KREEP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KREEP 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,919 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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.

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KREEP 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,919 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KREEP ranks #8,919 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
794
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
12
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
31%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

639
299
222
109
108
103
102
78
77
49
43
40
32
27
24
24
21
18
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12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KREEP:

27% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1%
SAINT 6.03 bits
12.7%
SLANT 5.32 bits
9.4%
COAST 5.25 bits
4.6%
SAINT 4.66 bits
4.6%
REAST 4.56 bits
4.4%
PATSY 5.03 bits
4.3%
ROAST 3.53 bits
3.3%
CAULK 4.88 bits
3.3%
OLDEN 4.36 bits
2.1%
COAST 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5R1E1E1P3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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