5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KUKRI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkɹi/

Noun

A curved Nepalese knife used especially by Gurkha fighters; many variants exist, but all share recurve as a common theme.

Alternative forms: khukuri, kukuri, kookeree, kookri

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 KUKRI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KUKRI 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 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 352 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,024 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___I K in the 1st position and I in the 5th position K__R_ K in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__I U in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SALET POTAE LEANT DIANE SLANT THANE
Words starting with K Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.45 Entropy (bits)
352 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KUKRI 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,024 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KUKRI ranks #14,024 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
23
3 guesses
631
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
388
6 guesses
30
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:
IRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
16%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

44 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

685
381
371
152
147
101
95
68
67
40
29
25
24
24
23
15
13
12
12
10
6
6
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KUKRI:

29% chance
Suggested:
SALET
16% chance
Suggested:
POTAE
16% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
SALET 6.23 bits
16.2% →
POTAE 5.28 bits
15.7% →
LEANT 5.29 bits
6.4% →
DIANE 4.53 bits
6.2% →
SLANT 5.23 bits
4.3% →
THANE 4.92 bits
4.0% →
SONLY 4.00 bits
2.9% →
CHASE 4.98 bits
2.8% →
CRUET 4.65 bits
1.7% →
SORER 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1K5R1I1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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