5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEXAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Relating to a nexus.

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 NEXAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEXAL 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,316 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__A_ N in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SHORT TOISE SMART IRONY TARSE SOULY
Words starting with N Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEXAL 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,316 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEXAL ranks #10,316 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
727
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
20
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:
AELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
22%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

364
293
238
149
141
136
98
96
91
85
81
53
32
31
31
30
29
27
26
26
22
21
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18
15
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10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEXAL:

15% chance
Suggested:
SHORT
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SMART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
SHORT 5.98 bits
12.4% →
TOISE 5.23 bits
10.1% →
SMART 5.14 bits
6.3% →
IRONY 4.91 bits
6.0% →
TARSE 4.61 bits
5.8% →
SOULY 4.80 bits
4.2% →
SIREE 4.69 bits
4.1% →
RAINY 4.14 bits
3.9% →
TERSE 4.58 bits
3.6% →
TOISE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1X8A1L1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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