5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KURTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.

Alternative forms: khurta, kurti

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 KURTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KURTA 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,836 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___A K in the 1st position and A in the 5th position K__T_ K in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SIDLE SLICE NOISE DANSE HEIST SLIME
Words starting with K Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KURTA 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,836 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KURTA ranks #5,836 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
894
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
16
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:
ARTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
22%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
291
222
173
145
119
80
78
70
52
47
45
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37
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24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KURTA:

17% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
9% chance
Suggested:
NOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
SIDLE 5.97 bits
12.3% →
SLICE 5.44 bits
9.4% →
NOISE 4.93 bits
7.3% →
DANSE 4.51 bits
6.1% →
HEIST 5.29 bits
5.0% →
SLICE 4.81 bits
3.4% →
SLIME 4.30 bits
3.3% →
SONCE 4.89 bits
3.0% →
SEINE 4.72 bits
2.2% →
SCONE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1R1T1A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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