5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KUGEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkuːɡl̩//ˈkuɡ(ə)l//ˈkʊɡ(ə)l/

Noun

A traditional savoury or sweet Jewish dish consisting of a baked pudding of pasta, potatoes, or rice, with vegetables, or raisins and spices.

Noun

A wealthy young Jewish woman characterized as materialistic and selfish.

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 KUGEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KUGEL 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 216 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,055 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___L K in the 1st position and L in the 5th position K__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST TIARE SONAR ALLOY STALE SNOUT
Words starting with K Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
216 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KUGEL 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
0.69 Volatility
#9,055 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KUGEL ranks #9,055 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
780
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
28%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

508
367
178
154
125
104
73
71
66
63
50
50
37
33
32
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28
26
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22
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KUGEL:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
ROAST 6.03 bits
15.6% →
TIARE 5.52 bits
7.5% →
SONAR 4.69 bits
6.5% →
ALLOY 4.96 bits
5.3% →
STALE 4.82 bits
4.4% →
SNOUT 5.22 bits
3.1% →
STARY 3.92 bits
3.0% →
SONAR 4.46 bits
2.8% →
ROANY 4.99 bits
2.7% →
CROAK 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1G2E1L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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