5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NIFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of niff

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 NIFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIFFS 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 406 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,346 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___S N in the 1st position and S in the 5th position N__F_ N in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE CARLE CADET TARGE STILE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.43 Entropy (bits)
406 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIFFS 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,346 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIFFS ranks #13,346 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
630
4 guesses
1,326
5 guesses
339
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
14%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

831
354
247
196
110
101
75
70
70
33
27
25
25
22
21
17
12
12
11
8
7
7
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIFFS:

35% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
15% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.2% →
ROATE 6.13 bits
15.0% →
STARE 5.72 bits
10.5% →
ROATE 5.42 bits
8.3% →
CARLE 5.46 bits
4.7% →
CADET 4.60 bits
4.3% →
TARGE 4.63 bits
3.2% →
STILE 4.50 bits
3.0% →
ALURE 5.14 bits
3.0% →
ATONE 4.58 bits
1.4% →
PONEY 3.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1F4F4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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