5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NACHO

NACHO 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

Pronunciation: /ˈnæt͡ʃəʊ//ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊ/

Noun

A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.

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 NACHO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NACHO 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,228 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___O N in the 1st position and O in the 5th position N__H_ N in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER ALERT SOLER STILE DORSE CRIPE
Words starting with N Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NACHO 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,228 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NACHO ranks #6,228 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
218
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
19%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

443
268
244
158
146
84
81
80
80
66
58
49
48
46
39
39
23
22
21
20
19
19
18
16
16
15
15
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NACHO:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
SLIER 6.11 bits
11.4% →
ALERT 5.64 bits
10.3% →
SOLER 5.23 bits
6.7% →
SLIER 5.14 bits
6.2% →
STILE 4.82 bits
3.6% →
DORSE 4.39 bits
3.4% →
CRIPE 5.35 bits
3.4% →
STIRE 5.36 bits
3.4% →
GRISE 4.54 bits
2.8% →
DROLE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1C3H4O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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