5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NIXIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnɪksi/

Noun

A female nix, a water-spirit.

Noun

A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.

Alternative forms: nixe, nixy

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 NIXIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIXIE 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 72.5% of games, misses completely in 27.5%, and leaves about 313 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,189 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__I_ N in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SOLAR SLART EATEN SALTY CAROL
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
313 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NIXIE 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,189 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NIXIE ranks #14,189 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
594
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
403
6 guesses
38
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
33%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

648
400
267
196
106
96
89
78
61
58
44
33
31
30
21
20
19
15
14
14
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5
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4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIXIE:

27% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
17% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.5% →
ROAST 5.94 bits
17.0% →
SOLAR 5.23 bits
11.3% →
SLART 5.28 bits
8.3% →
ROAST 5.16 bits
4.5% →
SLART 5.02 bits
4.1% →
EATEN 4.35 bits
3.8% →
SALTY 4.30 bits
3.3% →
SLART 4.95 bits
2.6% →
SLART 3.90 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1X8I1E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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