5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NANDU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

rhea (large, flightless birds)

Alternative forms: nandou, nandow

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 NANDU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NANDU 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 296 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,980 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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 4th position _A__U A in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE SLATE SOREL STORE DRIED GRISE
Words starting with N Words ending with U

First-turn measures

3.82 Entropy (bits)
296 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NANDU 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,980 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NANDU ranks #11,980 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
701
4 guesses
1,317
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
21%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

632
374
248
190
145
120
89
58
55
53
37
35
27
27
23
23
20
19
18
16
15
14
13
11
8
7
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NANDU:

27% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
TORSE 6.15 bits
15.9% →
SLATE 5.64 bits
10.5% →
SOREL 5.36 bits
8.1% →
TORSE 4.85 bits
6.1% →
STORE 5.14 bits
5.1% →
DRIED 5.33 bits
3.8% →
GRISE 4.64 bits
2.5% →
DROLE 4.58 bits
2.3% →
CORSE 4.41 bits
2.2% →
STIRE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1N1D2U1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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