5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NIGUA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈniː.ɡwə/

Noun

A tropical flea, the chigoe.

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 NIGUA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIGUA 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 219 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,731 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___A N in the 1st position and A in the 5th position N__U_ N in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOREL TRICE CURSE SHOER STOLE
Words starting with N Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
219 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIGUA 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,731 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIGUA ranks #8,731 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
842
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
AINU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
18%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

480
409
180
171
107
105
100
70
54
51
39
39
36
33
31
31
30
28
27
26
20
16
16
13
12
11
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIGUA:

20% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
17% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
8% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
TARSE 5.61 bits
17.3% →
SOREL 5.84 bits
7.6% →
TRICE 5.40 bits
7.3% →
CURSE 5.09 bits
4.5% →
SHOER 4.93 bits
4.5% →
STOLE 4.36 bits
4.2% →
CARLE 4.65 bits
3.0% →
TRAIL 4.44 bits
2.3% →
TORSE 4.54 bits
2.2% →
STONE 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1G2U1A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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