5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NERTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Crazy; nuts.

Interjection

Nuts! Expression of dismay.

Noun

A fast-paced card game played with multiple decks.

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 NERTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NERTS 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 88.8% of games, misses completely in 11.2%, and leaves about 97 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #814 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___S N in the 1st position and S in the 5th position N__T_ N in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position NE_TS N in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY BAILE CADIE BROAD SHALY HABIT
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
97 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NERTS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#814 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NERTS ranks #814 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
1,016
4 guesses
1,109
5 guesses
149
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ENRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
24%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

264
160
159
138
129
123
99
82
79
57
54
54
53
48
46
45
44
42
40
34
33
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29
24
24
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21
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NERTS:

11% chance
Suggested:
COALY
7% chance
Suggested:
BAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
CADIE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.2% →
COALY 5.67 bits
6.8% →
BAILE 5.37 bits
6.7% →
CADIE 4.30 bits
5.8% →
BROAD 5.02 bits
5.5% →
COALY 5.06 bits
5.2% →
SHALY 5.09 bits
4.2% →
HABIT 4.75 bits
3.5% →
ANILE 4.60 bits
3.3% →
SPALE 4.87 bits
2.4% →
CLADE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1R1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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