5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NIHIL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnɪ.hɪl//ˈniː(h)ɪl//ˈnaɪ(h)ɪl/

Noun

A nihil dicit.

Noun

nothingness, nonbeing

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 NIHIL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIHIL 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 309 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,534 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___L N in the 1st position and L in the 5th position N__I_ N in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__L I in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE SOARE ROATE CARTE PRATE CARET
Words starting with N Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.90 Entropy (bits)
309 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIHIL 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,534 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIHIL ranks #11,534 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
786
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
284
6 guesses
43
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
22%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

713
280
236
197
111
84
81
71
65
48
41
40
38
33
32
28
28
23
18
17
14
14
14
13
9
9
8
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIHIL:

30% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
ORATE 6.15 bits
11.9% →
SOARE 5.41 bits
10.0% →
ROATE 5.48 bits
8.4% →
CARTE 5.77 bits
4.7% →
PRATE 5.08 bits
3.6% →
CARET 4.62 bits
3.4% →
DORSE 4.65 bits
3.0% →
TRONE 4.41 bits
2.8% →
CARET 5.02 bits
2.0% →
POAKE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1H4I1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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