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NINJA

Yes, NINJA was the Wordle answer on November 8, 2023 (Wordle #872).

As an opener, it rules out about 83.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnɪnd͡ʒə/

Noun

One who very skillful, considered similar to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation.

Noun

One who is considered to resemble the historical ninja in some way.

Adjective

Fast and sneaky.

Verb

To act or move like a ninja, particularly with regard to a combination of speed, power, and stealth.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 8, 2023 (#872).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How NINJA performs as a guess

NINJA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 70.6% of games, misses completely in 29.4%, and leaves about 396 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,615 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.98 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.

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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 5th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE STILE TORSE CLOTE GRATE
Words starting with N Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.33 Entropy (bits)
396 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
83.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NINJA 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.

3.98 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,615 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NINJA ranks #14,615 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
523
4 guesses
1,305
5 guesses
439
6 guesses
50

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
17%
All gray
29%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
N I N J A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NINJA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

693
578
227
137
136
103
88
79
43
41
32
31
30
18
13
11
9
9
8
6
6
5
5
5
4
3
3
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NINJA:

29% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
25% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.4% →
SOREL 6.07 bits
24.5% →
TARSE 5.57 bits
9.6% →
STILE 5.30 bits
5.8% →
TORSE 5.14 bits
5.8% →
CLOTE 4.27 bits
4.4% →
GRATE 4.52 bits
3.7% →
GRISE 4.23 bits
3.3% →
TRAIL 4.40 bits
1.8% →
MORSE 4.33 bits
1.7% →
COURE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1N1J8A1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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