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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NIMBI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of nimbus

Alternative forms: nimbuses

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 NIMBI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIMBI 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 58.5% of games, misses completely in 41.5%, and leaves about 492 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,715 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___I N in the 1st position and I in the 5th position N__B_ N in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOARE TRACE ALURE SATED ATONE
Words starting with N Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.24 Entropy (bits)
492 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIMBI 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#13,715 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIMBI ranks #13,715 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
626
4 guesses
1,326
5 guesses
353
6 guesses
21
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:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
14%
All gray
42%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

979
277
229
142
141
114
113
36
36
33
28
25
23
22
16
14
13
12
11
10
10
7
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIMBI:

42% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.5% →
TARSE 6.36 bits
11.7% →
SOARE 5.45 bits
9.7% →
TRACE 5.45 bits
6.0% →
ALURE 5.51 bits
6.0% →
SOARE 5.46 bits
4.8% →
SATED 4.48 bits
4.8% →
ATONE 4.50 bits
1.5% →
SACRE 4.42 bits
1.5% →
SPADE 3.63 bits
1.4% →
POTAE 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1M3B3I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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