5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NAILS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /neɪlz/

Noun

plural of nail

Noun

The four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on which bargains used to be struck.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of nail

Adjective

Ellipsis of hard as nails.

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 NAILS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NAILS 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #664 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___S N in the 1st position and S in the 5th position N__L_ N in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE TRACE PORTE RONTE ROUET CLEAR
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAILS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#664 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAILS ranks #664 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
1,033
4 guesses
1,068
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
16
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:
AILNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
31%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

331
169
157
115
114
114
110
99
95
69
59
51
43
42
42
40
38
38
32
30
29
29
25
22
21
18
18
18
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAILS:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
TRODE 5.93 bits
7.2% →
TRACE 5.68 bits
6.7% →
PORTE 5.63 bits
4.9% →
RONTE 5.05 bits
4.8% →
TRODE 4.93 bits
4.8% →
PORTE 4.63 bits
4.7% →
ROUET 4.86 bits
4.2% →
CLEAR 4.46 bits
4.0% →
PEART 4.90 bits
2.9% →
TRUCE 4.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1I1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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