5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NIGRE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

In soapmaking, the lower layer of liquid produced by pitching, which contains most of the impurities.

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 NIGRE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIGRE 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 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,446 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__R_ N in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SHALT SOLAR CAROL COAST EATEN
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIGRE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,446 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIGRE ranks #1,446 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
976
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
18
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)
85%
Green tile
34%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

357
183
171
170
142
120
111
70
67
57
56
54
50
36
35
35
30
30
27
26
25
22
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18
18
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15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIGRE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
8% chance
Suggested:
SHALT
7% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SAULT 5.92 bits
7.8% →
SHALT 5.58 bits
7.3% →
SOLAR 4.20 bits
7.2% →
CAROL 5.27 bits
6.0% →
SAULT 5.47 bits
5.1% →
SAULT 5.22 bits
4.7% →
COAST 5.13 bits
3.0% →
EATEN 4.28 bits
2.8% →
SALTY 4.31 bits
2.4% →
COAST 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1G2R1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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