5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NATTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnæti/

Adjective

Smart and fashionable.

Adjective

Knotty.

“natty dreadlocks”

Noun

Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids.

Noun

A national championship.

“I hope my favorite team makes it to the natty this season.”

Alternative forms: nattie

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 NATTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NATTY 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,957 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__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

SLIER PEARL RIONE SHIER SOLDE SOREL
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NATTY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,957 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NATTY ranks #8,957 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
797
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
20
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
1 vowels
Common:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

556
303
217
198
161
113
97
92
52
42
41
36
35
33
31
21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NATTY:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
13% chance
Suggested:
PEARL
9% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
SLIER 6.10 bits
12.8% →
PEARL 5.35 bits
9.2% →
RIONE 5.32 bits
8.4% →
SHIER 5.63 bits
6.8% →
SOLDE 4.59 bits
4.8% →
SOREL 4.79 bits
4.1% →
LEAST 4.94 bits
3.9% →
GLARE 4.71 bits
2.2% →
ROUET 4.63 bits
1.8% →
SIDER 3.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1T1T1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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