5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NELLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nɛli/

Noun

A person's life.

Noun

An effeminate homosexual man.

Adjective

Unmanly; effeminate.

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 NELLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NELLY 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,606 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__L_ N in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST STAIR COAST ARISE SAREE SAINT
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NELLY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#12,606 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NELLY ranks #12,606 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
706
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
321
6 guesses
42
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:
ELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

461
442
208
169
149
122
111
100
48
43
35
35
32
30
30
26
26
21
20
19
17
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12
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11
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NELLY:

20% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
19% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
ROAST 6.15 bits
18.7% →
STAIR 5.50 bits
8.8% →
ROAST 5.24 bits
7.2% →
ROAST 4.70 bits
6.3% →
COAST 5.06 bits
5.2% →
ARISE 4.71 bits
4.7% →
SAREE 4.37 bits
4.2% →
ROAST 5.00 bits
2.0% →
SAINT 3.99 bits
1.8% →
SAINT 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1L1L1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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