5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NIQAB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nɪˈkɑːb//nɪˈkæb/

Noun

A veil which covers the face (except for the eyes), worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijab.

Alternative forms: nikab, niqaab, niqāb

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 NIQAB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIQAB 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 292 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,521 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___B N in the 1st position and B in the 5th position N__A_ N in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE CRISE TORSE STOLE TOISE
Words starting with N Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
292 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIQAB 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,521 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIQAB ranks #13,521 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
642
4 guesses
1,313
5 guesses
343
6 guesses
25
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
2 vowels
Common:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
17%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

606
430
200
168
122
120
100
92
86
68
66
38
30
21
20
17
17
14
14
10
10
9
8
8
8
7
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIQAB:

26% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
SOREL 6.08 bits
18.2% →
TARSE 5.56 bits
8.5% →
CRISE 5.29 bits
7.1% →
TORSE 5.19 bits
5.2% →
STOLE 4.32 bits
5.1% →
TARSE 4.54 bits
4.2% →
SOREL 4.75 bits
3.9% →
TOISE 4.50 bits
3.6% →
BLUER 5.10 bits
2.9% →
BLORE 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1Q10A1B3
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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