5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NAIAD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈneɪæd//ˈneɪəd//ˈnaɪæd/

Noun

A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.

Noun

The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.

Alternative forms: naias, naïs

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 NAIAD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NAIAD 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,398 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___D N in the 1st position and D in the 5th position N__A_ N in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL STARE TORSE LITHE CORSE CRUET
Words starting with N Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAIAD 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,398 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAIAD ranks #8,398 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
838
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
35%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

593
248
167
159
154
128
86
83
70
63
56
42
32
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27
20
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAIAD:

25% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
7% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
SOREL 6.13 bits
10.5% →
STARE 5.44 bits
7.1% →
TORSE 4.81 bits
6.7% →
LITHE 4.91 bits
6.5% →
CORSE 5.17 bits
5.4% →
CRUET 4.94 bits
3.6% →
DROLE 5.05 bits
3.5% →
CLEAR 4.55 bits
3.0% →
TONER 4.53 bits
2.7% →
SLATE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1I1A1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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