5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NINER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪnə(ɹ)/

Noun

Something nine inches long, or holding nine gallons, etc.

Noun

The digit 9 in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

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 NINER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NINER 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,970 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___R N in the 1st position and R in the 5th position N__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE COAST TEASE SALTY BETEL
Words starting with N Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NINER 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,970 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NINER ranks #9,970 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
784
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
32
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:
EINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
303
215
163
127
101
92
81
71
68
64
62
52
49
39
34
30
29
27
23
21
19
19
18
17
17
16
14
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NINER:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SAULT 5.92 bits
12.8% →
SLATE 5.90 bits
9.1% →
COAST 5.58 bits
6.9% →
TEASE 4.76 bits
5.4% →
SAULT 5.20 bits
4.3% →
COAST 3.50 bits
3.9% →
COAST 5.01 bits
3.4% →
SALTY 4.27 bits
3.0% →
BETEL 4.35 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1N1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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