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NGEGE

NGEGE is an accepted guess. Its modelled answer likelihood is very unlikely; no globally completed appearance is recorded here.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The fish Oreochromis esculentus.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Use NGEGE in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 82.6% of possible answers.

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Wordle status

Answer chance: very unlikely. Roughly 0.05% within a year (about 1 in 2,113), under the model through 2026-11-05. This is an estimate, not a publisher forecast. How this is calculated.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Earlier benchmark pool

No

Membership in the preserved uniform benchmark; it is not a future eligibility rule.

Past Wordle answer

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How NGEGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NGEGE as a guess. It is outside this preserved uniform benchmark’s answer pool; that is not a claim about future eligibility.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 63.9% of games, misses completely in 36.1%, and leaves about 416 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #13,933 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

N___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__G_ N in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _G__E G in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in NGEGE.

First-turn measures

All four describe NGEGE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.50 Entropy (bits)
416 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How NGEGE 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.70% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#13,933 Rank among openers
Opening with NGEGE left 7 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.90 average. It ranks #13,933 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
604
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
381
6 guesses
28

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
28%
All gray
36%

When NGEGE is useful later

NGEGE tied for the smallest expected survivor count in 1 of 54 sampled positions where it was legal. This designed sample is not a measure of how often real players should use it.

After ADIEU: 3 candidates, normal mode

ADIEU: 11000 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

LOADS: 00110 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

DARKY: 22000 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

DAWAH: 22010 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: DABBA, DAGGA, DAMNA.

With a budget of 2 more guesses, NGEGE is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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Sample and method

Every saved board is reachable within a six-turn game. Remaining turns equal six minus the saved history length. The sampling policy is independent of the expected-survivor metric. Two states at each of three depths per opener were selected by a fixed hash from an independent candidate-only sampling policy. Every accepted guess was evaluated. Model answer-model-2026-11-05-9183a914c959, data through 2026-11-05. The score measures expected survivors, not proved solve length or human difficulty.

How this is calculated.

How the solver finds NGEGE

The strategy receives only earlier guesses and their feedback. It does not know the answer before choosing a move. Guessing the answer itself on turn one is a lucky one-turn result, not a recommended general strategy.

Normal mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 469 after. This feedback leaves 469 candidates.

    All 469 surviving candidates

    BECKE, BEDYE, BEIGE, BELEE, BELIE, BELLE, BELVE, BENNE, BEVUE, BIBLE, BIKIE, BILGE, BINGE, BIOME, BLIVE, BLOKE, BLUDE, BLUME, BLYPE, BOCCE, BOCHE, BODGE, BODLE, BOGIE, BOGLE, BOGUE, BOMBE, BONCE, BONIE, BONNE, BONZE, BOOZE, BOUGE, BOULE, BOWIE, BOWNE, BUBBE, BUDGE, BUFFE, BUGLE, BULGE, BUNCE, BUNDE, BUNJE, CEZVE, CHIDE, CHILE, CHIME, CHINE, CHIVE, CHODE, CHOKE, CHYLE, CHYME, CIVIE, CLEPE, CLEVE, CLIME, CLINE, CLIPE, CLOKE, CLONE, CLOVE, CLOYE, CLOZE, CLYPE, COBLE, COGIE, COGUE, COHOE, COLLE, COMBE, COMME, CONGE, CONNE, COOEE, COOZE, COUDE, COUPE, COZIE, CUVEE, CYCLE, DEBYE, DEEVE, DEICE, DELVE, DEUCE, DEXIE, DHOLE, DIDIE, DIENE, DINGE, DIODE, DIXIE, DOBIE, DOBLE, DODGE, DOGIE, DOLCE, DOLEE, DOLIE, DONEE, DONNE, DOOCE, DOOLE, DOPPE, DOUCE, DOVIE, DOWIE, DOWLE, DOXIE, DULCE, DUNCE, DUPLE, DWILE, DWINE, EBENE, EBIKE, ECOLE, EDILE, EDUCE, EIGNE, ELIDE, ELOGE, ELOPE, ELPEE, ELUDE, EMCEE, EMOVE, EMULE, EMYDE, ENDUE, EPENE, EPODE, EPPIE, EVHOE, EVOHE, EVOKE, EXEME, EXILE, EXINE, EXODE, EXOME, EXUDE, EZINE, FEEZE, FEHME, FEMME, FENCE, FICHE, FIDGE, FILLE, FIQUE, FIXIE, FLEME, FLUKE, FLUME, FLYPE, FOGIE, FOGLE, FOLIE, FOULE, FOXIE, FOYLE, FOYNE, FUDGE, FUGIE, FUGLE, FUGUE, FUZEE, GELEE, GENIE, GEODE, GIGHE, GIGUE, GIMME, GINGE, GLEBE, GLEDE, GLIDE, GLIKE, GLIME, GLOBE, GLODE, GLOVE, GLOZE, GLUME, GNOME, GOBBE, GOLPE, GOUGE, GOYLE, GUIDE, GUILE, GUNGE, GUYLE, GWINE, GYNIE, HEDGE, HEEZE, HELVE, HENCE, HENGE, HINGE, HOLME, HOMIE, HOMME, HOOVE, HOWBE, HOYLE, HYGGE, HYNDE, ICKLE, IMBUE, IMIDE, IMINE, INBYE, INCLE, INDIE, INDUE, INGLE, INKLE, INNIE, JEEZE, JEMBE, JEUNE, JEWIE, JINNE, JOLIE, JOULE, JUDGE, JUICE, JUVIE, KEDGE, KEEVE, KIBBE, KIDGE, KIEVE, KLUGE, KNIFE, KNIVE, KNOWE, KNULE, KOINE, KOPJE, KUBIE, KYLIE, KYLOE, KYNDE, LECHE, LEDGE, LEEZE, LEGGE, LEMME, LEONE, LEVEE, LIEGE, LIEVE, LIGGE, LIGNE, LOCHE, LOCIE, LODGE, LOGIE, LOIPE, LONGE, LOOIE, LOUIE, LOUPE, LOVEE, LOVIE, LOWNE, LUMME, LUNGE, LYCEE, MBUBE, MEBBE, MEDLE, MELEE, MELOE, MENCE, MENGE, MEZZE, MICHE, MIDGE, MIEVE, MILLE, MINCE, MINGE, MINKE, MIXIE, MNEME, MOBEE, MOBIE, MOBLE, MODGE, MOGUE, MOILE, MOLIE, MOLLE, MOLUE, MOMIE, MOMME, MOMPE, MONDE, MONIE, MONPE, MOOVE, MOULE, MOVIE, MOWIE, MOXIE, MOYLE, MUDGE, MULIE, MUNGE, MVULE, MYOPE, NECHE, NEELE, NEEZE, NEFIE, NEIVE, NEUME, NEWIE, NGEGE, NGWEE, NICHE, NIECE, NIEVE, NIFLE, NIXIE, NOBLE, NOEME, NOLLE, NONCE, NOONE, NOOVE, NOULE, NUDGE, NUDIE, NUQUE, NYUZE, OBOLE, ODYLE, OFFIE, OGIVE, OHONE, OJIME, OKOLE, OLDIE, OLIVE, OLLIE, OOZIE, OOZLE, OPEPE, OPINE, OUCHE, OUNCE, OUPHE, OVINE, OVULE, OWCHE, OXEYE, OXIDE, OXIME, OXINE, OZONE, OZZIE, PECKE, PEECE, PEEPE, PEEVE, PEINE, PEIZE, PEKOE, PENCE, PENIE, PENNE, PEPLE, PEWEE, PHEME, PHENE, PHOBE, PHONE, PHYLE, PIECE, PINCE, PINGE, PIOYE, PIQUE, PIXIE, PLEBE, PLENE, PLOCE, PLOYE, PLUKE, PLUME, POCHE, PODGE, POGGE, POGUE, POKIE, POLJE, POMBE, POMME, PONCE, POOVE, POUCE, POUKE, POULE, POUPE, POWIE, PUDGE, PUMIE, PUNCE, PYXIE, QUEME, QUEUE, QUINE, ULYIE, ULZIE, UMBLE, UMPIE, UNCLE, UNDEE, UNDUE, UNODE, UPBYE, VEGIE, VEHME, VENGE, VENUE, VEUVE, VILDE, VILLE, VOGIE, VOGUE, VOICE, VOILE, VOLKE, VOLVE, VOUGE, VYGIE, WEDGE, WEEKE, WEIZE, WELKE, WENGE, WHILE, WHINE, WHOLE, WIFIE, WINCE, WINGE, WINZE, WODGE, WOLVE, WOWEE, YINCE, YLIDE, YLIKE, YODLE, YOGEE, YOWIE, ZINKE, ZOLLE, ZOWEE, ZOWIE

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test LOUIE against the 469 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    469 before → 50 after. This feedback leaves 50 candidates.

    All 50 surviving candidates

    BECKE, BEDYE, BENNE, CEZVE, CHYME, DEBYE, DEEVE, EBENE, EMCEE, EMYDE, EPENE, EXEME, FEEZE, FEHME, FEMME, FENCE, HEDGE, HEEZE, HENCE, HENGE, HYGGE, HYNDE, JEEZE, JEMBE, KEDGE, KEEVE, KYNDE, MEBBE, MENCE, MENGE, MEZZE, MNEME, NECHE, NEEZE, NGEGE, NGWEE, PECKE, PEECE, PEEPE, PEEVE, PENCE, PENNE, PEWEE, PHEME, PHENE, VEHME, VENGE, WEDGE, WEEKE, WENGE

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 23.66. Information: 3.633 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test PHEME against the 50 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    50 before → 8 after. This feedback leaves 8 candidates.

    All 8 surviving candidates

    DEEVE, EBENE, FEEZE, JEEZE, KEEVE, NEEZE, NGEGE, WEEKE

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 3.07. Information: 1.735 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test KEEVE against the 8 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    8 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    NGEGE

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.75. Information: 2.406 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    NGEGE

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 5 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 4.

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Hard Mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 469 after. This feedback leaves 469 candidates.

    All 469 surviving candidates

    BECKE, BEDYE, BEIGE, BELEE, BELIE, BELLE, BELVE, BENNE, BEVUE, BIBLE, BIKIE, BILGE, BINGE, BIOME, BLIVE, BLOKE, BLUDE, BLUME, BLYPE, BOCCE, BOCHE, BODGE, BODLE, BOGIE, BOGLE, BOGUE, BOMBE, BONCE, BONIE, BONNE, BONZE, BOOZE, BOUGE, BOULE, BOWIE, BOWNE, BUBBE, BUDGE, BUFFE, BUGLE, BULGE, BUNCE, BUNDE, BUNJE, CEZVE, CHIDE, CHILE, CHIME, CHINE, CHIVE, CHODE, CHOKE, CHYLE, CHYME, CIVIE, CLEPE, CLEVE, CLIME, CLINE, CLIPE, CLOKE, CLONE, CLOVE, CLOYE, CLOZE, CLYPE, COBLE, COGIE, COGUE, COHOE, COLLE, COMBE, COMME, CONGE, CONNE, COOEE, COOZE, COUDE, COUPE, COZIE, CUVEE, CYCLE, DEBYE, DEEVE, DEICE, DELVE, DEUCE, DEXIE, DHOLE, DIDIE, DIENE, DINGE, DIODE, DIXIE, DOBIE, DOBLE, DODGE, DOGIE, DOLCE, DOLEE, DOLIE, DONEE, DONNE, DOOCE, DOOLE, DOPPE, DOUCE, DOVIE, DOWIE, DOWLE, DOXIE, DULCE, DUNCE, DUPLE, DWILE, DWINE, EBENE, EBIKE, ECOLE, EDILE, EDUCE, EIGNE, ELIDE, ELOGE, ELOPE, ELPEE, ELUDE, EMCEE, EMOVE, EMULE, EMYDE, ENDUE, EPENE, EPODE, EPPIE, EVHOE, EVOHE, EVOKE, EXEME, EXILE, EXINE, EXODE, EXOME, EXUDE, EZINE, FEEZE, FEHME, FEMME, FENCE, FICHE, FIDGE, FILLE, FIQUE, FIXIE, FLEME, FLUKE, FLUME, FLYPE, FOGIE, FOGLE, FOLIE, FOULE, FOXIE, FOYLE, FOYNE, FUDGE, FUGIE, FUGLE, FUGUE, FUZEE, GELEE, GENIE, GEODE, GIGHE, GIGUE, GIMME, GINGE, GLEBE, GLEDE, GLIDE, GLIKE, GLIME, GLOBE, GLODE, GLOVE, GLOZE, GLUME, GNOME, GOBBE, GOLPE, GOUGE, GOYLE, GUIDE, GUILE, GUNGE, GUYLE, GWINE, GYNIE, HEDGE, HEEZE, HELVE, HENCE, HENGE, HINGE, HOLME, HOMIE, HOMME, HOOVE, HOWBE, HOYLE, HYGGE, HYNDE, ICKLE, IMBUE, IMIDE, IMINE, INBYE, INCLE, INDIE, INDUE, INGLE, INKLE, INNIE, JEEZE, JEMBE, JEUNE, JEWIE, JINNE, JOLIE, JOULE, JUDGE, JUICE, JUVIE, KEDGE, KEEVE, KIBBE, KIDGE, KIEVE, KLUGE, KNIFE, KNIVE, KNOWE, KNULE, KOINE, KOPJE, KUBIE, KYLIE, KYLOE, KYNDE, LECHE, LEDGE, LEEZE, LEGGE, LEMME, LEONE, LEVEE, LIEGE, LIEVE, LIGGE, LIGNE, LOCHE, LOCIE, LODGE, LOGIE, LOIPE, LONGE, LOOIE, LOUIE, LOUPE, LOVEE, LOVIE, LOWNE, LUMME, LUNGE, LYCEE, MBUBE, MEBBE, MEDLE, MELEE, MELOE, MENCE, MENGE, MEZZE, MICHE, MIDGE, MIEVE, MILLE, MINCE, MINGE, MINKE, MIXIE, MNEME, MOBEE, MOBIE, MOBLE, MODGE, MOGUE, MOILE, MOLIE, MOLLE, MOLUE, MOMIE, MOMME, MOMPE, MONDE, MONIE, MONPE, MOOVE, MOULE, MOVIE, MOWIE, MOXIE, MOYLE, MUDGE, MULIE, MUNGE, MVULE, MYOPE, NECHE, NEELE, NEEZE, NEFIE, NEIVE, NEUME, NEWIE, NGEGE, NGWEE, NICHE, NIECE, NIEVE, NIFLE, NIXIE, NOBLE, NOEME, NOLLE, NONCE, NOONE, NOOVE, NOULE, NUDGE, NUDIE, NUQUE, NYUZE, OBOLE, ODYLE, OFFIE, OGIVE, OHONE, OJIME, OKOLE, OLDIE, OLIVE, OLLIE, OOZIE, OOZLE, OPEPE, OPINE, OUCHE, OUNCE, OUPHE, OVINE, OVULE, OWCHE, OXEYE, OXIDE, OXIME, OXINE, OZONE, OZZIE, PECKE, PEECE, PEEPE, PEEVE, PEINE, PEIZE, PEKOE, PENCE, PENIE, PENNE, PEPLE, PEWEE, PHEME, PHENE, PHOBE, PHONE, PHYLE, PIECE, PINCE, PINGE, PIOYE, PIQUE, PIXIE, PLEBE, PLENE, PLOCE, PLOYE, PLUKE, PLUME, POCHE, PODGE, POGGE, POGUE, POKIE, POLJE, POMBE, POMME, PONCE, POOVE, POUCE, POUKE, POULE, POUPE, POWIE, PUDGE, PUMIE, PUNCE, PYXIE, QUEME, QUEUE, QUINE, ULYIE, ULZIE, UMBLE, UMPIE, UNCLE, UNDEE, UNDUE, UNODE, UPBYE, VEGIE, VEHME, VENGE, VENUE, VEUVE, VILDE, VILLE, VOGIE, VOGUE, VOICE, VOILE, VOLKE, VOLVE, VOUGE, VYGIE, WEDGE, WEEKE, WEIZE, WELKE, WENGE, WHILE, WHINE, WHOLE, WIFIE, WINCE, WINGE, WINZE, WODGE, WOLVE, WOWEE, YINCE, YLIDE, YLIKE, YODLE, YOGEE, YOWIE, ZINKE, ZOLLE, ZOWEE, ZOWIE

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test LOUIE against the 469 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    469 before → 50 after. This feedback leaves 50 candidates.

    All 50 surviving candidates

    BECKE, BEDYE, BENNE, CEZVE, CHYME, DEBYE, DEEVE, EBENE, EMCEE, EMYDE, EPENE, EXEME, FEEZE, FEHME, FEMME, FENCE, HEDGE, HEEZE, HENCE, HENGE, HYGGE, HYNDE, JEEZE, JEMBE, KEDGE, KEEVE, KYNDE, MEBBE, MENCE, MENGE, MEZZE, MNEME, NECHE, NEEZE, NGEGE, NGWEE, PECKE, PEECE, PEEPE, PEEVE, PENCE, PENNE, PEWEE, PHEME, PHENE, VEHME, VENGE, WEDGE, WEEKE, WENGE

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 23.66. Information: 3.633 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test PHEME against the 50 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    50 before → 8 after. This feedback leaves 8 candidates.

    All 8 surviving candidates

    DEEVE, EBENE, FEEZE, JEEZE, KEEVE, NEEZE, NGEGE, WEEKE

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 3.07. Information: 1.735 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test KEEVE against the 8 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    8 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    NGEGE

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.75. Information: 2.406 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    NGEGE

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 5 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 4.

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How the fixed opener panel performs on this answer

OpenerFirst feedbackSurvivorsNormalHard Mode
TARSE00002 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)46955
CRANE00012 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)10144
SLATE00002 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)50655
ADIEU00010 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)128255
STARE00002 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)46955
AUDIO00000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)125155
RAISE00002 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)36555
ROATE00002 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)36366
SALET00010 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)84044
Normal mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 2 · 5 guesses: 6 · 6 guesses: 1 · Failed in six: 0
Hard Mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 2 · 5 guesses: 6 · 6 guesses: 1 · Failed in six: 0

The nine openers use the same pool and continuation policy. Across both modes: 4–6 guesses among successes; 0 of 18 configurations failed. This is performance on this answer, not an overall opener ranking.

73 openers set up a two-turn opportunity; examples include AGAIN, GREEN, AGREE, AGENT, AGING, SIEGE, GANGS, AGILE, NUDGE, LIEGE. After their feedback, this answer is among the most likely survivors with at least half the model probability. This is an opportunity, not a guarantee. An opener that immediately solves is excluded.

Why this answer can be difficult

The answer contains 2 copies of G, 2 copies of E. Feedback allocates exact matches before misplaced copies; a grey duplicate does not erase another coloured copy.

The worked board still allows 8 different answers at one later decision: DEEVE, EBENE, FEEZE, JEEZE, KEEVE, NEEZE, NGEGE, WEEKE. These are mechanical alternatives, not a judgement of vocabulary difficulty.

Vocabulary evidence and voluntary player results are reported separately from these solver observations.

Closest competing answers in this board

These words all fit the earlier feedback, rather than merely sharing similar spelling: DEEVE, EBENE, FEEZE, JEEZE, KEEVE, NEEZE, NGEGE, WEEKE.

A lesson from this route

Before KEEVE, 8 words still fit. Its feedback left 1; check the full survivor list before choosing the next answer.

Try another opener or a different move

How this is calculated

The current policy checks all remaining candidates and up to 128 fixed probes. At six or fewer candidates it uses bounded lookahead, preferring modelled six-turn success, then speed among successes. Larger states use expected survivors as a heuristic. These are recommendations, not proofs of optimal play. Hard Mode retains green positions and revealed letter counts; it allows grey letters and a yellow in the same position. Candidate-only play is stricter.

Methods and limitations

Feedback distribution

NGEGE can come back 61 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

864 answers
315 answers
248 answers
234 answers
85 answers
82 answers
80 answers
56 answers
49 answers
41 answers
40 answers
30 answers
29 answers
23 answers
21 answers
19 answers
18 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
10 answers
9 answers
7 answers
7 answers
6 answers
6 answers
6 answers
6 answers
4 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1G2E1G2E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Try next

SLART SOLAR COAST OATER GRAIL STAIR

Strategy after playing NGEGE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to NGEGE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NGEGE:

36% chance
Suggested:
SLART
13% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.1% →
SLART 5.94 bits
13.2% →
SOLAR 5.06 bits
10.4% →
COAST 5.18 bits
9.8% →
SLART 5.30 bits
3.6% →
OATER 4.27 bits
3.4% →
SLART 5.06 bits
3.3% →
GRAIL 4.74 bits
2.3% →
STAIR 4.37 bits
2.0% →
SAINT 4.12 bits
1.7% →
SLYER 3.82 bits

Research on NGEGE

Game-tree analysis and word research for NGEGE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with NGEGE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.93 guesses and ranks #14,218 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 4.10 guesses at best and is rank #7,144 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.90, at or below the proven-optimal 3.93, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).