5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NAKER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈneɪkə/

Noun

A small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum.

Alternative forms: nakir

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 NAKER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NAKER 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 86.7% of games, misses completely in 13.3%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,614 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___R N in the 1st position and R in the 5th position N__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT STILE COURT STALL SLATE TOISE
Words starting with N Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAKER 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,614 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAKER ranks #6,614 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
28%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

314
200
144
137
120
116
116
92
90
87
73
65
62
48
44
41
39
36
33
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAKER:

13% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE
6% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.3% →
MOULT 5.62 bits
8.5% →
STILE 5.39 bits
6.1% →
COURT 5.14 bits
5.8% →
STALL 5.02 bits
5.1% →
SLATE 5.01 bits
4.9% →
TOISE 4.52 bits
4.9% →
COUNT 4.96 bits
3.9% →
SALTY 4.27 bits
3.8% →
SOILY 3.59 bits
3.7% →
SLART 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1K5E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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