5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NEGRO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈniɡɹoʊ//ˈnɪɡɹoʊ//ˈnɪɡɹə/

Adjective

Relating to a black ethnicity.

Adjective

Black or dark brown in color.

Noun

A person of black African ancestry.

Noun

A slave, especially one of African ancestry.

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.

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___O N in the 1st position and O in the 5th position N__R_ N in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLATY SLATE SAICE TRIAL SAINT CAROL
Words starting with N Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,421 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEGRO ranks #4,421 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
19
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
2 vowels
Common:
ENOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
22%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

352
247
174
169
134
124
92
90
76
66
59
54
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEGRO:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLATY
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLATY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
SLATY 5.83 bits
10.5% →
SLATE 5.82 bits
7.4% →
SLATY 5.14 bits
7.2% →
SAICE 4.59 bits
5.7% →
TRIAL 5.10 bits
5.3% →
SAINT 5.14 bits
3.9% →
CAROL 4.29 bits
3.8% →
SHALT 4.85 bits
3.2% →
ANILE 4.52 bits
2.8% →
SOLVE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1G2R1O1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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