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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

NASTY

Yes, NASTY was the Wordle answer on March 2, 2022 (Wordle #256).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnaː.sti//ˈnɑː.sti//ˈnæs.ti/

Adjective

Dirty, filthy.

Adjective

Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).

Noun

Something nasty.

“Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties.”

Noun

Sexual intercourse.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: March 2, 2022 (#256).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How NASTY performs as a guess

NASTY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,046 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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.

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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__T_ N in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE DRICE ROUET SOREL GOIER CHARE
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NASTY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,046 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NASTY ranks #3,046 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
921
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
ANST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
31%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S N I P Y
N A S T Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NASTY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

384
216
166
161
159
126
88
86
82
75
75
47
44
40
37
36
31
31
27
27
19
18
17
16
16
16
16
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NASTY:

16% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
7% chance
Suggested:
DRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
DROLE 5.99 bits
9.2% →
DROLE 5.46 bits
7.0% →
DRICE 5.45 bits
6.8% →
ROUET 5.52 bits
6.7% →
SOREL 5.34 bits
5.3% →
DROLE 4.90 bits
3.7% →
GOIER 4.35 bits
3.6% →
CHARE 4.79 bits
3.5% →
ROUET 4.60 bits
3.2% →
ALERT 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1S1T1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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