5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KYRIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɪəɹ.ɪˌeɪ/

Noun

A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.

Noun

A setting of the traditional kyrie text to music for a Mass.

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 KYRIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KYRIE 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,981 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___E K in the 1st position and E in the 5th position K__I_ K in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _Y__E Y in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SALET SAULT ARSON SOLAR COAST
Words starting with K Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KYRIE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,981 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KYRIE ranks #7,981 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
236
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
32%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

310
208
189
173
171
159
137
95
75
70
52
50
49
46
45
44
39
31
29
28
27
27
22
21
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16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KYRIE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
SLANT 6.02 bits
8.8% →
SALET 5.31 bits
8.0% →
SAULT 5.42 bits
7.3% →
ARSON 5.00 bits
7.3% →
SOLAR 4.30 bits
6.7% →
SAULT 4.83 bits
5.8% →
SLANT 5.31 bits
4.0% →
COAST 4.98 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.32 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5Y4R1I1E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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