5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NABLA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A Hebrew stringed instrument.

Noun

The symbol ∇, used to denote the gradient operator.

Alternative forms: nevel

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 NABLA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NABLA 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 71.3% of games, misses completely in 28.7%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,155 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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.

N___A N in the 1st position and A in the 5th position N__L_ N in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TOISE TRACE POIRE REACT SUITE
Words starting with N Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NABLA 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,155 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NABLA ranks #9,155 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
790
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
24%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

677
258
226
178
135
114
89
74
64
48
37
32
31
30
30
28
23
22
21
19
16
15
14
13
9
8
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NABLA:

29% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.7% →
TORSE 6.27 bits
10.9% →
TOISE 5.50 bits
9.6% →
TRACE 5.73 bits
7.5% →
POIRE 5.09 bits
5.7% →
TORSE 4.89 bits
4.8% →
REACT 4.75 bits
3.8% →
SUITE 4.48 bits
3.1% →
TRONE 4.53 bits
2.7% →
ROUET 5.10 bits
2.0% →
TRICE 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1B3L1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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