5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KVELL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kvɛl/

Verb

To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat.

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 KVELL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KVELL 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 66.7% of games, misses completely in 33.3%, and leaves about 423 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,217 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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___L K in the 1st position and L in the 5th position K__L_ K in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

ROAST STAIR COAST SEARE SHART SHACK
Words starting with K Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.44 Entropy (bits)
423 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KVELL 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,217 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KVELL ranks #14,217 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
589
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
417
6 guesses
26
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
1 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
20%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

785
555
157
109
108
86
64
59
49
40
39
32
31
26
24
22
16
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KVELL:

33% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
24% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
7% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.3% →
ROAST 5.97 bits
23.5% →
STAIR 5.39 bits
6.7% →
COAST 5.01 bits
4.6% →
SEARE 4.40 bits
4.6% →
SHART 5.11 bits
3.6% →
SHACK 4.66 bits
2.7% →
ROATE 4.54 bits
2.5% →
SONAR 4.45 bits
2.1% →
CADET 3.87 bits
1.7% →
PEART 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5V4E1L1L1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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