5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KUTUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kutu

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 KUTUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KUTUS 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 61.1% of games, misses completely in 38.9%, and leaves about 444 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,537 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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__U_ K in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE SOARE MARLE CANOE CRANE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.42 Entropy (bits)
444 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KUTUS 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,537 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KUTUS ranks #13,537 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
24
3 guesses
659
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
358
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
18%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

918
272
266
146
97
88
82
74
47
42
35
34
26
24
23
20
15
14
13
12
11
10
10
10
9
8
7
6
6
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KUTUS:

39% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.9% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
11.5% →
TIARE 5.64 bits
11.3% →
RAILE 5.46 bits
6.2% →
SOARE 4.87 bits
4.1% →
MARLE 4.36 bits
3.7% →
CANOE 4.69 bits
3.5% →
CRANE 5.37 bits
3.1% →
DRONE 4.87 bits
2.0% →
TRONE 4.17 bits
1.8% →
CRINE 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1T1U1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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