5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NIDOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnʌɪdə//ˈnʌɪdɔː//ˈnaɪdəɹ/

Noun

The smell of burning animals, especially of burning animal fat.

Noun

Any smell.

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 NIDOR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIDOR 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,228 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__O_ N in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE LEAST CLOTE STALE STOAE SAULT
Words starting with N Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIDOR 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,228 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIDOR ranks #1,228 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
987
4 guesses
1,117
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
14
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:
INOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
24%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

441
239
183
138
129
92
82
76
71
68
57
54
35
34
34
34
34
26
25
23
23
22
22
20
20
19
18
17
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIDOR:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
8% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
SLATE 6.52 bits
10.1% →
LEAST 5.66 bits
7.8% →
CLOTE 5.26 bits
5.9% →
LEAST 5.32 bits
5.5% →
STALE 5.53 bits
3.9% →
STOAE 4.50 bits
3.5% →
LEAST 4.65 bits
3.2% →
SAULT 4.17 bits
3.0% →
SALET 4.50 bits
2.9% →
PRATE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1D2O1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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