5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KURRE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A kind of trawlnet.

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 KURRE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KURRE 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,289 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___E K in the 1st position and E in the 5th position K__R_ K in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON DEALT SLANT STAIR SAINT SALTY
Words starting with K Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KURRE 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,289 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KURRE ranks #11,289 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
298
6 guesses
21
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
35%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

556
293
212
176
163
116
94
61
59
59
58
40
29
26
25
25
24
22
22
22
16
16
16
16
15
13
12
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KURRE:

24% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
TALON 5.86 bits
12.4% →
DEALT 5.26 bits
9.0% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
7.5% →
STAIR 4.11 bits
6.9% →
SAINT 5.05 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 5.18 bits
4.0% →
SALTY 4.16 bits
2.6% →
SLACK 4.76 bits
2.5% →
COAST 4.71 bits
2.5% →
COAST 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1R1R1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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