5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

NICER

Yes, NICER was the Wordle answer on May 20, 2024 (Wordle #1066).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of nice: more nice

Adverb

comparative form of nice: more nice

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 20, 2024 (#1066).

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

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How NICER performs as a guess

NICER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,843 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___R N in the 1st position and R in the 5th position N__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE SLATY TEASE ROAST SHALT
Words starting with N Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.18 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NICER 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,843 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NICER ranks #1,843 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,092
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
23
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:
EINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
26%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
F U N G I
N I C E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NICER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

301
250
164
128
112
92
90
83
70
63
58
54
52
52
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NICER:

13% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLATY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
SAULT 5.95 bits
10.6% →
SLATE 5.91 bits
7.0% →
SLATY 5.13 bits
5.4% →
TEASE 4.75 bits
4.7% →
SAULT 5.11 bits
3.9% →
ROAST 3.45 bits
3.8% →
SAULT 5.28 bits
3.5% →
SHALT 4.97 bits
3.0% →
SALTY 4.35 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1C3E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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