5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NIKAU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A New Zealand palm, Rhopalostylis sapida, with edible pith and leaves used for building and thatching.

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 NIKAU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIKAU 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,981 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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 4th position _I__U I in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE SOLER TRICE CLOTE SHOER
Words starting with N Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIKAU 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,981 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIKAU ranks #11,981 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
739
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
22
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)
82%
Green tile
17%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
411
235
167
127
107
97
94
74
71
57
46
39
37
36
36
33
25
19
19
18
17
16
13
12
12
11
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIKAU:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
SOREL 5.90 bits
17.4% →
TARSE 5.59 bits
10.0% →
SOLER 5.29 bits
7.1% →
TRICE 5.33 bits
5.4% →
CLOTE 4.24 bits
4.5% →
SHOER 4.98 bits
4.1% →
TALER 4.63 bits
4.0% →
GRONE 4.56 bits
3.1% →
GORSE 4.53 bits
3.0% →
TALER 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1K5A1U1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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