5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NIFTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnɪfti/

Adjective

Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.

“a nifty trick for reducing your household energy bill”

Adjective

Stylish.

“nifty gear”

Noun

A possibly risqué comic story or anecdote.

Noun

A trick.

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 NIFTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIFTY 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 260 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,068 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___Y N in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position N__T_ N in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE REAST SORAL CARLE CRANE CARSE
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
260 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIFTY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,068 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIFTY ranks #8,068 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
28%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

636
261
210
178
175
80
70
64
60
60
59
32
32
31
30
26
25
23
22
19
19
14
14
13
12
12
11
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIFTY:

27% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
11% chance
Suggested:
REAST
9% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
SOARE 6.18 bits
11.1% →
REAST 5.67 bits
8.9% →
SOARE 5.49 bits
7.5% →
SORAL 4.81 bits
7.4% →
CARLE 5.41 bits
3.4% →
CRANE 4.45 bits
3.0% →
CARSE 4.67 bits
2.7% →
DROLE 4.60 bits
2.5% →
URASE 5.10 bits
2.5% →
REAST 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1F4T1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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