5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NEROL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The monoterpene alcohol (Z)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol, found in many essential oils.

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 NEROL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEROL 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 90.4% of games, misses completely in 9.6%, and leaves about 91 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,603 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___L N in the 1st position and L in the 5th position N__O_ N in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

PATSY PATEE SAUTE SAUCY TRASH GIANT
Words starting with N Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.36 Entropy (bits)
91 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEROL 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,603 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEROL ranks #1,603 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
956
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
18
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:
ELNOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
27%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

226
169
157
134
119
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110
103
68
61
56
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEROL:

10% chance
Suggested:
PATSY
7% chance
Suggested:
PATEE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAUTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.6% →
PATSY 5.50 bits
7.2% →
PATEE 4.70 bits
6.7% →
SAUTE 5.41 bits
5.7% →
SAUCY 5.14 bits
5.0% →
TRASH 4.97 bits
5.0% →
GIANT 5.06 bits
4.7% →
SOOTH 4.86 bits
4.4% →
STALE 4.75 bits
2.9% →
ANISE 4.65 bits
2.6% →
DEATH 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1R1O1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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