5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KURIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kuri.

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 KURIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KURIS 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,458 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__I_ K in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT OLATE STALE TOILE DAINE CLOTE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KURIS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,458 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KURIS ranks #7,458 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
898
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
17
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:
IRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
22%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

462
300
212
206
109
97
81
76
74
71
69
55
46
42
32
29
28
23
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KURIS:

20% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
13% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
LEANT 5.99 bits
12.7% →
OLATE 5.04 bits
9.0% →
STALE 5.79 bits
8.7% →
TOILE 5.10 bits
4.6% →
DAINE 4.45 bits
4.1% →
CLOTE 4.99 bits
3.4% →
COATE 4.78 bits
3.2% →
LEANT 4.72 bits
3.1% →
STILE 4.43 bits
3.0% →
PONEY 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1R1I1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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