5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NIMBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of nimb

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 NIMBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIMBS 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 274 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,511 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___S N in the 1st position and S in the 5th position N__B_ N in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE TRACE ALURE CARLE CADET
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
274 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIMBS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#6,511 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIMBS ranks #6,511 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
15%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

646
310
207
170
117
102
98
93
70
66
37
31
30
27
27
25
23
23
22
21
19
17
15
13
13
12
11
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIMBS:

27% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
ROATE 6.16 bits
13.1% →
STARE 5.72 bits
8.8% →
ROATE 5.44 bits
7.2% →
TRACE 5.54 bits
5.0% →
ALURE 5.47 bits
4.3% →
CARLE 5.52 bits
4.2% →
CADET 4.56 bits
3.9% →
TARGE 4.67 bits
3.0% →
ATONE 4.57 bits
2.8% →
STIPE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1M3B3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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