5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KULAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kula

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 KULAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KULAS 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,923 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE CARNE TONER GOIER REAST PAIRE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KULAS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,923 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KULAS ranks #6,923 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
866
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
18
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:
ALSU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

505
333
192
153
109
109
101
86
54
48
46
43
41
36
34
33
27
27
25
24
23
19
19
17
14
11
11
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KULAS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
14% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
8% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
TRONE 6.09 bits
14.1% →
CARNE 5.45 bits
8.1% →
TONER 5.57 bits
6.5% →
GOIER 5.07 bits
4.6% →
REAST 4.97 bits
4.6% →
PAIRE 4.60 bits
4.3% →
RONTE 5.40 bits
3.6% →
CROME 4.18 bits
2.3% →
CONTE 4.30 bits
2.0% →
TRODE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1L1A1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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