5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KROON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹəʊn/

Noun

The former currency of Estonia, divided into 100 senti.

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 KROON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KROON 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 70.2% of games, misses completely in 29.8%, and leaves about 305 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,824 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.

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__O_ K in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET TUILE CADET TARRE SLAKE
Words starting with K Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
305 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KROON 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,824 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KROON ranks #9,824 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
792
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
27%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

703
329
211
147
140
89
71
60
53
45
36
33
32
26
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KROON:

30% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
SALET
9% chance
Suggested:
TUILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.8% →
SLATE 6.42 bits
13.9% →
SALET 5.41 bits
8.9% →
TUILE 5.32 bits
6.2% →
TUILE 4.82 bits
5.9% →
CADET 5.00 bits
3.8% →
TARRE 4.31 bits
3.0% →
SLAKE 5.09 bits
2.5% →
STALE 4.85 bits
2.2% →
SUITE 4.05 bits
1.9% →
SAMEL 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5R1O1O1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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