5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KUDOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈk(j)uː.dɒs//ˈkuˌdoʊz//ˈkuˌdoʊs/

Noun

Praise; accolades.

“The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama.”

Noun

Credit for one's achievements.

Interjection

An interjection indicating praise or approval or as an acknowledgement of a laudable achievement.

Verb

To give praise or accolades.

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 KUDOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KUDOS 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 71.5% of games, misses completely in 28.5%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,054 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.

K___S K in the 1st position and S in the 5th position K__O_ K in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALER STALE CRANE ARIEL LEANT STORE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KUDOS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,054 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KUDOS ranks #9,054 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
810
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
243
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
19%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

673
275
261
144
99
90
89
79
65
52
49
45
38
37
32
22
21
21
18
18
16
15
15
14
14
13
13
12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KUDOS:

29% chance
Suggested:
TALER
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.5% →
TALER 6.13 bits
11.7% →
STALE 5.75 bits
11.1% →
CRANE 5.22 bits
6.1% →
ARIEL 5.49 bits
4.2% →
LEANT 5.14 bits
3.8% →
STORE 4.61 bits
3.8% →
PLACE 4.32 bits
3.4% →
TALER 4.99 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 5.19 bits
2.2% →
SHART 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1D2O1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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