5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KUDZU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 62.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkʊd.zuː//ˈkʌd.zuː/

Noun

An Asian vine (several species in the genus Pueraria, but mostly Pueraria montana var. lobata, syn. Pueraria lobata in the US), grown as a root starch, and which is a notorious invasive weed in the United States.

Noun

A starch extracted from the root that is used in traditional East Asian medicine and cuisine.

Alternative forms: kuzu

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 KUDZU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KUDZU 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 41.0% of games, misses completely in 59.0%, and leaves about 882 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,816 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.07 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___U K in the 1st position and U in the 5th position _U__U U in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE ARIEL TORSE CARSE STOLE RAILE
Words starting with K Words ending with U

First-turn measures

2.28 Entropy (bits)
882 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
62.6% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KUDZU 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.

4.07 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,816 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KUDZU ranks #14,816 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
17
3 guesses
420
4 guesses
1,329
5 guesses
548
6 guesses
37
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:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
41%
Green tile
13%
All gray
59%

Feedback distribution

30 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1391
235
206
143
139
61
38
20
19
18
18
15
13
11
6
4
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KUDZU:

59% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

59.0% →
ROATE 6.08 bits
10.0% →
ARIEL 5.64 bits
8.7% →
TORSE 5.41 bits
6.1% →
CARSE 5.31 bits
5.9% →
STOLE 4.39 bits
2.6% →
RAILE 4.88 bits
1.6% →
DROLE 4.03 bits
0.8% →
LEANY 3.88 bits
0.8% →
SLANT 3.68 bits
0.8% →
ARIEL 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1D2Z10U1
Total: 19 points

Words With Friends

Total: 21 points

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