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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

KUZUS

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

No dictionary definition for KUZUS is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 68.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 KUZUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KUZUS 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 47.1% of games, misses completely in 52.9%, and leaves about 760 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #14,772 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.04 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in KUZUS.

First-turn measures

All four describe KUZUS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

2.54 Entropy (bits)
760 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
68.0% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How KUZUS 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.

4.04 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#14,772 Rank among openers
Opening with KUZUS left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 4.04 average. It ranks #14,772 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
15
3 guesses
486
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
541
6 guesses
38
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
47%
Green tile
14%
All gray
53%

Feedback distribution

KUZUS can come back 32 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

1256 answers
418 answers
132 answers
122 answers
93 answers
55 answers
51 answers
49 answers
36 answers
25 answers
21 answers
20 answers
17 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
10 answers
9 answers
4 answers
3 answers
3 answers
2 answers
2 answers
2 answers
2 answers
1 answer
1 answer
1 answer
1 answer
1 answer

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5U1Z10U1S1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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

Try next

ARIEL TIARE CARLE TRONE CRATE SLANT

Strategy after playing KUZUS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to KUZUS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KUZUS:

53% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
18% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

52.9% →
ARIEL 6.06 bits
17.6% →
TIARE 5.66 bits
5.6% →
CARLE 4.32 bits
5.1% →
TRONE 5.22 bits
3.9% →
CARLE 5.35 bits
2.3% →
CRATE 4.17 bits
2.1% →
SLANT 4.16 bits
2.1% →
TRODE 4.64 bits
1.5% →
STARY 3.76 bits
1.1% →
BRACE 4.05 bits

Research on KUZUS

Game-tree analysis and word research for KUZUS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with KUZUS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 4.05 guesses and ranks #14,795 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 4.20 guesses at best and is rank #7,389 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 4.04, at or below the proven-optimal 4.05, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it KYOOZUHS. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.