5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NITRO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtɹəʊ/

Noun

The univalent NO₂ functional group.

Noun

Nitroglycerin, especially as medication.

Adjective

Containing the nitro group.

“Nitro compounds tend to be unstable and often explosive.”

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 NITRO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NITRO 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,199 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___O N in the 1st position and O in the 5th position N__R_ N in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SPALE CAESE CLOSE SHALE SCALE SOOLE
Words starting with N Words ending with O

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NITRO 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,199 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NITRO ranks #1,199 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,007
4 guesses
1,098
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
20
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:
INORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
22%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

343
212
161
142
119
114
112
68
65
64
62
60
53
52
51
39
35
30
30
30
28
26
26
25
23
23
18
17
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NITRO:

15% chance
Suggested:
SPALE
9% chance
Suggested:
CAESE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLOSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
SPALE 6.17 bits
9.0% →
CAESE 5.30 bits
6.8% →
CLOSE 5.12 bits
6.0% →
SHALE 5.62 bits
5.0% →
SCALE 5.10 bits
4.8% →
SOOLE 4.17 bits
4.7% →
SCALE 5.41 bits
2.9% →
SOWLE 4.18 bits
2.8% →
SHULE 4.53 bits
2.7% →
SLANE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1T1R1O1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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