5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NIRLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

herpes

Alternative forms: nirles

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 NIRLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIRLS 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 88.9% of games, misses completely in 11.1%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #637 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__L_ N in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COATE SPATE CADET ATONE TAUPE HAUTE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIRLS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#637 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIRLS ranks #637 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
1,052
4 guesses
1,085
5 guesses
150
6 guesses
16
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:
ILNRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
24%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

274
261
175
173
136
79
76
71
69
67
64
63
56
56
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIRLS:

12% chance
Suggested:
COATE
11% chance
Suggested:
COATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SPATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.6% →
COATE 5.51 bits
11.1% →
COATE 5.95 bits
7.4% →
SPATE 5.69 bits
7.3% →
COATE 5.36 bits
5.8% →
COATE 5.22 bits
3.4% →
COATE 4.88 bits
3.2% →
CADET 5.26 bits
3.0% →
SPATE 4.93 bits
2.9% →
CADET 4.67 bits
2.8% →
ATONE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1R1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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