5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KRENG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of krang.

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 KRENG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KRENG 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,806 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___G K in the 1st position and G in the 5th position K__N_ K in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__G R in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE SOLAR COAST SATIN AINEE
Words starting with K Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KRENG 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,806 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KRENG ranks #7,806 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
ENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
24%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
312
215
193
115
88
85
71
65
60
53
51
50
35
30
29
26
23
22
22
22
20
19
19
17
15
15
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KRENG:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
SAULT 5.94 bits
13.2% →
SLATE 5.67 bits
9.1% →
SOLAR 4.41 bits
8.2% →
COAST 5.37 bits
4.9% →
SATIN 5.16 bits
3.7% →
AINEE 4.40 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.56 bits
3.0% →
SHALT 5.14 bits
2.8% →
GLOAT 4.58 bits
2.5% →
CAULK 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5R1E1N1G2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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