5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KULAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of koulan.

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 KULAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KULAN 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,415 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE SLIER TOISE STARE MORSE
Words starting with K Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KULAN 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,415 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KULAN ranks #6,415 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
14
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:
ALNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
24%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

493
343
173
167
120
106
97
72
53
52
46
45
45
44
40
36
30
28
27
19
19
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17
13
13
11
11
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KULAN:

21% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
TORSE 6.21 bits
14.5% →
TARSE 5.64 bits
7.3% →
SLIER 5.03 bits
7.1% →
TOISE 5.39 bits
5.1% →
STARE 4.80 bits
4.5% →
TORSE 5.45 bits
4.1% →
MORSE 4.52 bits
3.1% →
TRINE 4.52 bits
2.2% →
SETER 4.17 bits
2.2% →
CRIPE 5.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1L1A1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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