NEGRO
NEGRO is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /ˈniɡɹoʊ//ˈnɪɡɹoʊ//ˈnɪɡɹə/
- Adjective
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Relating to a black ethnicity.
- Adjective
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Black or dark brown in color.
- Noun
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A person of black African ancestry.
- Noun
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A slave, especially one of African ancestry.
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum (“shiny black”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare; night”). Doublet of noir. Compare nigrescence.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)
Use NEGRO in a puzzle
As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.
Wordle status
A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.
Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
NoThe solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.
Past Wordle answer
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First-turn measures
All four describe NEGRO used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous benchmark
How NEGRO 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Feedback distribution
NEGRO can come back 103 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for NEGRO; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
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Words With Friends
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Strategy after playing NEGRO
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to NEGRO.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing NEGRO: