5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NETTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnɛti/

Adjective

Netted: made of or employing a net.

Adjective

Netlike.

Noun

An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Noun

Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a lavatory; a toilet.

Alternative forms: nettie, neddy

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 NETTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NETTY 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,655 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__T_ N in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARISE CAROL SOLAR CAIRN ROAST RAILE
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NETTY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,655 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NETTY ranks #11,655 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
24
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:
ENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
434
190
189
171
120
111
98
58
40
36
35
33
32
31
30
21
19
18
16
16
15
14
14
14
11
11
9
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NETTY:

19% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
18% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
ARISE 5.33 bits
18.4% →
CAROL 6.13 bits
8.1% →
SOLAR 4.72 bits
8.0% →
CAIRN 5.13 bits
7.3% →
ROAST 5.41 bits
5.1% →
RAILE 4.68 bits
4.7% →
SLEER 4.85 bits
4.2% →
SOLAR 4.62 bits
2.5% →
GIANT 4.40 bits
1.7% →
DAINE 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1T1T1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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