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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NIPPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnɪpi/

Adjective

Fast; speedy.

Adjective

Rather cold.

“Gosh, it's a bit nippy today: I'd better wear my gloves.”

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Nippy.

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 NIPPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIPPY 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 62.7% of games, misses completely in 37.3%, and leaves about 418 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,990 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___Y N in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position N__P_ N in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRACE SORAL STRAE TARGE SALET
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.52 Entropy (bits)
418 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIPPY 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
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,990 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIPPY ranks #11,990 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
706
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
298
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
1 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
26%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

879
261
242
203
119
110
100
40
38
34
31
29
27
26
21
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15
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIPPY:

37% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.3% →
ROATE 6.15 bits
11.1% →
ROATE 5.47 bits
10.3% →
TRACE 5.42 bits
8.6% →
SORAL 4.81 bits
5.0% →
STRAE 5.63 bits
4.7% →
TARGE 4.64 bits
4.2% →
SALET 4.64 bits
1.7% →
SLICE 4.57 bits
1.6% →
DANSE 3.59 bits
1.4% →
SAGER 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1P3P3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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