5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KYLES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kyle

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 KYLES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KYLES 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,640 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__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN IRATE TRIAL STAIR TONER DAIRY
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KYLES 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
0.71 Volatility
#10,640 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KYLES ranks #10,640 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
757
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
23
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
21%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
312
164
162
158
148
139
113
59
55
46
45
45
37
36
32
29
25
23
23
21
21
17
17
13
11
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KYLES:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
13% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRIAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
TRAIN 6.22 bits
13.2% →
IRATE 5.33 bits
7.0% →
TRIAL 5.01 bits
6.9% →
STAIR 5.37 bits
6.7% →
TONER 4.19 bits
6.3% →
DAIRY 4.40 bits
5.9% →
ROAST 4.85 bits
4.8% →
GLADE 4.45 bits
2.5% →
ARENE 3.35 bits
2.3% →
SAIST 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5Y4L1E1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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