5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NITTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnɪtiː//ˈnɪtɪ//ˈnɪti/

Adjective

Foolish, inane.

Noun

A dope fiend, a druggie.

Adjective

detailed or specific; fastidious, fussy, nit-picky.

Alternative forms: nittie

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 NITTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NITTY 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 70.1% of games, misses completely in 29.9%, and leaves about 298 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,312 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__T_ N in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE SERAL CARLE SORAL SARGE CRISE
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
298 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NITTY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,312 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NITTY ranks #11,312 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
745
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
298
6 guesses
28
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:
INT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
30%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

705
224
216
196
193
87
71
71
55
53
50
36
34
29
27
26
25
20
16
14
13
12
11
9
8
8
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NITTY:

30% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SERAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.9% →
SOARE 6.15 bits
9.5% →
SOARE 5.45 bits
9.2% →
SERAL 5.66 bits
8.3% →
CARLE 5.43 bits
8.2% →
SORAL 4.78 bits
3.7% →
SARGE 4.48 bits
3.0% →
CRISE 4.62 bits
3.0% →
DROLE 4.64 bits
2.3% →
SOARE 4.61 bits
2.2% →
SOARE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1T1T1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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