5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KYLIX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪlɪks/

Noun

An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.

“The dig team unearthed a kylix at the site in Bergama.”

Alternative forms: cylix

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 KYLIX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KYLIX 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 63.9% of games, misses completely in 36.1%, and leaves about 416 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,207 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__I_ K in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

TARSE SOARE TRINE SARED CARET CRATE
Words starting with K Words ending with X

First-turn measures

3.40 Entropy (bits)
416 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KYLIX 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
0.73 Volatility
#14,207 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KYLIX ranks #14,207 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
612
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
404
6 guesses
37
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:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
14%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

852
306
274
218
112
86
78
52
50
48
35
31
27
24
19
12
12
10
10
9
9
8
8
6
5
5
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KYLIX:

36% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.1% →
TARSE 6.37 bits
13.0% →
SOARE 5.32 bits
11.6% →
TRINE 5.51 bits
9.2% →
SARED 5.09 bits
4.7% →
CARET 5.12 bits
3.6% →
CRATE 5.29 bits
3.3% →
STALE 4.28 bits
2.2% →
SIENT 3.97 bits
2.1% →
CARSE 4.48 bits
2.0% →
AROSE 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5Y4L1I1X8
Total: 19 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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