5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NICAD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪˌkæd/

Noun

rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery

Alternative forms: NiCd

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 NICAD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NICAD 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,596 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___D N in the 1st position and D in the 5th position N__A_ N in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE STILE TORSE SHARE SALET
Words starting with N Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NICAD 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,596 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NICAD ranks #2,596 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
949
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
11
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:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
22%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
339
132
121
111
94
93
91
79
78
75
51
48
46
31
28
24
22
20
20
20
17
17
16
16
15
14
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NICAD:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
14% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
SOREL 6.17 bits
14.4% →
TARSE 5.65 bits
5.6% →
STILE 5.40 bits
5.1% →
TORSE 5.34 bits
4.7% →
TORSE 5.40 bits
4.0% →
SHARE 4.84 bits
3.9% →
TARSE 4.63 bits
3.9% →
SALET 4.40 bits
3.4% →
STONE 4.38 bits
3.3% →
DROLE 5.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1C3A1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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