5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NERTZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

nuts.

Adjective

nonsense.

Noun

Alternative form of nerts (“card game”).

Interjection

Alternative form of nerts.

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 NERTZ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NERTZ 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,076 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__T_ N in the 1st position and T in the 4th position

Try next

SOILY ALOSE SOLAR BROAD COALY HOIST
Words starting with N Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NERTZ 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,076 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NERTZ ranks #9,076 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
22
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
1 vowels
Common:
ENRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
22%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

394
235
190
171
171
152
97
87
70
65
63
61
60
51
50
43
34
32
30
30
29
21
19
19
14
13
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NERTZ:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
SOILY 5.68 bits
10.0% →
ALOSE 5.45 bits
8.1% →
SOLAR 4.31 bits
7.3% →
BROAD 4.91 bits
7.3% →
COALY 4.99 bits
6.4% →
HOIST 5.17 bits
4.1% →
ANILE 4.61 bits
3.7% →
SHALT 4.94 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.71 bits
2.8% →
SCALE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1R1T1Z10
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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