5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NAPPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnæpi/

Noun

An absorbent garment worn by a baby or toddler who does not yet have voluntary control of their bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper.

Verb

To put a nappy on.

“The mother nappied the baby.”

Adjective

Having a nap (of cloth etc.); downy; shaggy.

Adjective

Of hair: tightly curled or twisted; frizzy (often specifically in reference to Afro textured hair)

Alternative forms: nappie

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 NAPPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NAPPY 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 70.4% of games, misses completely in 29.6%, and leaves about 332 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,792 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___Y N in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position N__P_ N in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT TOISE SOLDE CLOTE SOREL
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.73 Entropy (bits)
332 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAPPY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,792 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAPPY ranks #11,792 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
706
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
29%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

699
382
256
162
141
115
101
50
48
45
37
30
23
19
17
17
16
16
14
14
11
10
9
9
9
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAPPY:

30% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
16% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.6% →
TOILE 6.05 bits
16.2% →
ALERT 5.53 bits
10.9% →
TOISE 5.51 bits
6.9% →
SOLDE 4.64 bits
6.0% →
CLOTE 4.72 bits
4.9% →
SOREL 5.41 bits
4.3% →
GLARE 4.73 bits
2.1% →
SLART 3.28 bits
2.0% →
TORSE 4.05 bits
1.9% →
REAST 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1P3P3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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