5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NIGER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Noun

An Ethiopian herb, Guizotia abyssinica, grown for its seed and edible oil.

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 NIGER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIGER 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,387 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___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

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SAULT SLATE COAST TEASE SALTY BETEL
Words starting with N Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIGER 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,387 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIGER ranks #2,387 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
931
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
26%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

357
260
195
141
121
111
93
67
65
64
57
57
56
41
36
35
33
32
27
26
22
22
20
19
19
17
17
16
16
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIGER:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SAULT 5.92 bits
11.0% →
SLATE 6.00 bits
8.3% →
COAST 5.65 bits
6.0% →
TEASE 4.86 bits
5.1% →
SAULT 5.21 bits
4.7% →
COAST 5.13 bits
3.9% →
COAST 3.57 bits
2.8% →
SALTY 4.31 bits
2.8% →
BETEL 4.35 bits
2.7% →
LEASE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1G2E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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