5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NALED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈneɪ.lɛd//ˈnɑlɪt//ˈnɑlɪd/

Noun

A particular organophosphate insecticide.

Noun

A sheet-like layered mass of ice formed in freezing temperatures from the freezing of successive flows of ground water over previously formed layers of ice.

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 NALED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NALED 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 108 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #999 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SHORT TORSE TRASH COUNT SHART SOULY
Words starting with N Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.27 Entropy (bits)
108 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NALED 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#999 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NALED ranks #999 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
962
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
149
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

310
205
133
127
112
109
104
92
86
73
60
54
52
45
44
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37
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NALED:

13% chance
Suggested:
SHORT
9% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRASH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
SHORT 6.04 bits
8.7% →
TORSE 5.50 bits
5.6% →
TRASH 5.26 bits
5.4% →
COUNT 5.09 bits
4.7% →
SHART 5.05 bits
4.6% →
SOULY 4.62 bits
4.4% →
TOISE 3.90 bits
3.9% →
SATYR 4.17 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.29 bits
3.1% →
SEINE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1L1E1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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