5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEFIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 NEFIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEFIE 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,804 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__I_ N in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SOLAR SLART CLARY COAST TYING
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEFIE 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,804 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEFIE ranks #9,804 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
766
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
34%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

587
206
197
180
179
101
86
77
68
59
57
47
44
35
33
26
26
25
25
23
22
22
17
16
13
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEFIE:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
ROAST 5.97 bits
8.7% →
SOLAR 5.16 bits
8.4% →
SLART 5.28 bits
7.6% →
ROAST 5.22 bits
7.6% →
SLART 5.01 bits
4.3% →
CLARY 5.09 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.98 bits
3.3% →
TYING 4.05 bits
2.9% →
SLART 3.95 bits
2.5% →
FLORA 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1F4I1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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