5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KUYAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kuya

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 KUYAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KUYAS 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,839 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TIARE STIRE DROLE TRONE STALE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KUYAS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,839 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KUYAS ranks #10,839 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
771
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
24
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
18%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

539
374
206
151
132
127
100
83
80
52
38
35
35
33
29
27
25
22
18
18
13
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11
11
10
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KUYAS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
16% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
TRINE 6.12 bits
15.9% →
TIARE 5.33 bits
8.7% →
STIRE 5.44 bits
6.4% →
DROLE 4.98 bits
5.6% →
TRONE 5.40 bits
5.4% →
STALE 4.92 bits
4.2% →
CLOTE 4.76 bits
3.5% →
TARDY 4.03 bits
3.4% →
TRICE 4.68 bits
2.2% →
SHUNT 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1Y4A1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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