5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

NACRE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈneɪkə//ˈneɪkəɹ/

Noun

A pearly substance made mainly of stacked layers of aragonite and organic matter which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl.

Noun

A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.

Alternative forms: naker, nacker, nakir, nackir

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 NACRE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NACRE 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 88.5% of games, misses completely in 11.5%, and leaves about 87 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #560 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__R_ N in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT SOLED SLEET PLAIT GROUT SOILY
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.51 Entropy (bits)
87 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NACRE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#560 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NACRE ranks #560 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
97
3 guesses
982
4 guesses
1,086
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
15
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:
AENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
37%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

271
133
128
117
111
106
103
73
73
64
61
60
57
56
50
36
35
34
33
33
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NACRE:

11% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
6% chance
Suggested:
SOLED
5% chance
Suggested:
SLEET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.5% →
MOULT 5.58 bits
5.6% →
SOLED 3.92 bits
5.4% →
SLEET 5.34 bits
5.0% →
PLAIT 5.11 bits
4.7% →
GROUT 5.05 bits
4.5% →
SOILY 4.86 bits
4.4% →
SOILY 4.82 bits
3.1% →
COUCH 4.87 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 4.38 bits
2.7% →
OLDEN 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1C3R1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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