Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

KUNDS

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

No dictionary definition for KUNDS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use KUNDS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 86.5% of possible answers.

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 KUNDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KUNDS 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 68.8% of games, misses completely in 31.2%, and leaves about 322 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #8,537 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe KUNDS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.94 Entropy (bits)
322 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How KUNDS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#8,537 Rank among openers
Opening with KUNDS solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.73 average. It ranks #8,537 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
805
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
18%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

KUNDS can come back 68 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

741 answers
315 answers
195 answers
175 answers
100 answers
87 answers
86 answers
67 answers
64 answers
53 answers
46 answers
43 answers
36 answers
32 answers
30 answers
23 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers
18 answers
16 answers
13 answers
13 answers
10 answers
10 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers
7 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1N1D2S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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

Strategy after playing KUNDS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to KUNDS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KUNDS:

31% chance
Suggested:
TALER
13% chance
Suggested:
SPATE
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.2%
TALER 6.22 bits
13.3%
SPATE 5.76 bits
8.2%
ARIEL 5.62 bits
7.4%
ARIEL 5.78 bits
4.2%
TROPE 5.28 bits
3.7%
PROLE 4.28 bits
3.6%
CAGEY 4.68 bits
2.8%
CARLE 5.13 bits
2.7%
STEIN 4.74 bits
2.2%
SHART 4.33 bits

Research on KUNDS

Game-tree analysis and word research for KUNDS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with KUNDS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.77 guesses and ranks #9,038 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with KUNDS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.73, at or below the proven-optimal 3.77, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).