5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEMIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of or relating to nematodes.

“nemic fauna”

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 NEMIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEMIC 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,792 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__I_ N in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__C E in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL SOLAR ROAST SLART TRIED SAREE
Words starting with N Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEMIC 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,792 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEMIC ranks #4,792 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
889
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
16
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:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
20%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
371
146
139
127
123
105
84
78
71
71
61
45
44
35
34
28
25
25
24
23
21
17
16
13
13
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEMIC:

17% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
16% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
6% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SORAL 6.04 bits
15.7% →
SOLAR 5.51 bits
6.2% →
ROAST 5.27 bits
5.9% →
SLART 5.12 bits
5.4% →
SLART 5.36 bits
5.2% →
SLART 5.02 bits
4.5% →
TRIED 4.61 bits
3.6% →
SAREE 4.89 bits
3.3% →
DOREE 4.46 bits
3.0% →
SORAL 4.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1M3I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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