5 FiveLetterWords
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NIZAM

NIZAM is an accepted guess. Its modelled answer likelihood is very unlikely; no globally completed appearance is recorded here.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nɪˈzɑːm/

Noun

The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.

Noun

The Turkish regular army; a soldier in the Turkish army.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Etymology

From Urdu نظام (nizām) and its source, Persian نظام (nezâm), short for نظام الملک (nezâm el-malek, “a ruler of the realm”).

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)

Use NIZAM in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Wordle status

Answer chance: very unlikely. Roughly 0.05% within a year (about 1 in 2,113), under the model through 2026-11-05. This is an estimate, not a publisher forecast. How this is calculated.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Earlier benchmark pool

No

Membership in the preserved uniform benchmark; it is not a future eligibility rule.

Past Wordle answer

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How NIZAM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NIZAM as a guess. It is outside this preserved uniform benchmark’s answer pool; that is not a claim about future eligibility.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #12,276 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

N___M N in the 1st position and M in the 5th position N__A_ N in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__M I in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in NIZAM.

First-turn measures

All four describe NIZAM used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.89 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How NIZAM 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#12,276 Rank among openers
Opening with NIZAM left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.82 average. It ranks #12,276 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
690
4 guesses
1,314
5 guesses
289
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
18%
All gray
25%

When NIZAM is useful later

NIZAM tied for the smallest expected survivor count in 4 of 54 sampled positions where it was legal. This designed sample is not a measure of how often real players should use it.

After TARSE: 3 candidates, normal mode

TARSE: 02102 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

FAIRE: 02222 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

VAIRE: 02222 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: MAIRE, PAIRE, ZAIRE.

With a budget of 3 more guesses, NIZAM is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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After ROATE: 3 candidates, normal mode

ROATE: 10101 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

AWNER: 10011 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

ZEBRA: 01012 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: CREMA, ERICA, PRESA.

With a budget of 3 more guesses, NIZAM is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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After SALET: 3 candidates, normal mode

SALET: 01000 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

BORAK: 00010 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

ADUNC: 22010 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: ADAWN, ADDIN, ADMIN.

With a budget of 3 more guesses, NIZAM is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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Sample and method

Every saved board is reachable within a six-turn game. Remaining turns equal six minus the saved history length. The sampling policy is independent of the expected-survivor metric. Two states at each of three depths per opener were selected by a fixed hash from an independent candidate-only sampling policy. Every accepted guess was evaluated. Model answer-model-2026-11-05-9183a914c959, data through 2026-11-05. The score measures expected survivors, not proved solve length or human difficulty.

How this is calculated.

How the solver finds NIZAM

The strategy receives only earlier guesses and their feedback. It does not know the answer before choosing a move. Guessing the answer itself on turn one is a lucky one-turn result, not a recommended general strategy.

Normal mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 731 after. This feedback leaves 731 candidates.

    All 731 surviving candidates

    ABACA, ABACI, ABACK, ABAKA, ABAMP, ABAND, ABAYA, ABJAD, ABJUD, ABLOW, ABMHO, ABOHM, ABOIL, ABOMA, ABOON, ABUNA, ABUZZ, ACCHA, ACCOY, ACHOO, ACIDY, ACING, ACINI, ACMIC, ACOCK, ACOLD, ADAWN, ADDAX, ADDIN, ADDIO, ADHAN, ADHOC, ADLIB, ADMAN, ADMIN, ADMIX, ADOBO, ADOON, ADOWN, ADUKI, ADUNC, AFALD, AFANC, AFFIX, AFFLY, AFION, AFIZZ, AFLAJ, AFLAP, AFLOW, AFOAM, AFOUL, AGAIN, AGAMA, AGAMI, AGAMY, AGGAG, AGIDI, AGILA, AGING, AGLOO, AGLOW, AGOGO, AGONY, AGOOD, AGUNA, AHIGH, AHIND, AHING, AHOLD, AHULL, AIDOI, AIMAG, AIMAK, AINGA, AIOLI, AIYAH, AIYOH, AIYOO, AJIVA, AJUGA, AJUPA, AJWAN, AKING, AKOIA, AKOJA, AKOYA, ALAAP, ALACK, ALALA, ALAMO, ALAND, ALANG, ALAPA, ALBID, ALBUM, ALCID, ALDOL, ALGAL, ALGID, ALGIN, ALGUM, ALIBI, ALICK, ALIGN, ALIYA, ALKIN, ALKYD, ALKYL, ALLAN, ALLAY, ALLIN, ALLOD, ALLOW, ALLOY, ALLYL, ALMAH, ALMUD, ALMUG, ALOHA, ALOIN, ALONG, ALOOF, ALOUD, ALPHA, ALULA, ALUMY, ALWAY, AMAIN, AMBAN, AMICI, AMIDO, AMIGA, AMIGO, AMINO, AMMAN, AMMON, AMNIA, AMNIC, AMNIO, AMONG, AMPLY, AMPUL, AMUCK, ANANA, ANCHO, ANCON, ANDIC, ANGLO, ANIGH, ANIMA, ANIMI, ANION, ANNAL, ANNAN, ANNOY, ANNUL, ANNUM, ANOMY, ANVIL, ANYON, APAID, APAYD, APHID, APIAN, APING, APIOL, APOOP, APPAL, APPAM, APPAY, APPLY, APPUI, APPUY, AUDAD, AUDAX, AUDIO, AULIC, AULOI, AUMIL, AUXIN, AVAIL, AVIAN, AVION, AVOID, AWFUL, AWING, AWKIN, AXIAL, AXING, AXIOM, AXION, AXMAN, AXOID, AYAYA, AYMAG, AZIDO, AZLON, AZOIC, AZUKI, AZYGY, BBALL, BHAJI, BHANG, BHAVA, BHUNA, BIACH, BIALI, BIALY, BIGHA, BILAL, BIMAH, BINAL, BIVIA, BLACK, BLADY, BLAFF, BLAIN, BLANC, BLAND, BLANK, BLAUD, BLAWN, BOBAC, BOBAK, BOCCA, BOGAN, BONZA, BOOAI, BOOAY, BOXLA, BOYAU, BOYLA, BUBAL, BUBBA, BUFFA, BUGAN, BULLA, BUNIA, BUNYA, BWANA, BWAZI, BYLAW, BYWAY, CHAAP, CHACK, CHACO, CHADO, CHAFF, CHAIN, CHALK, CHAMP, CHANA, CHANG, CHANK, CHAVA, CHAWK, CHAWL, CHAYA, CHIAO, CHIBA, CHICA, CHINA, CHIVA, CHOLA, CHUFA, CILIA, CLACH, CLACK, CLAIM, CLAMP, CLANG, CLANK, CLAVI, CLOAK, CLOAM, CNIDA, COACH, COADY, COALA, COALY, COBIA, COBZA, COCOA, COHAB, COLZA, COMAL, COMMA, CONGA, CONIA, COPAL, COPAY, COPHA, COWAL, COWAN, COXAL, COYAU, CUDDA, CULPA, CUPPA, CYANO, CYCAD, DHABA, DIANA, DIAZO, DINNA, DIVAN, DIVNA, DIWAN, DOBLA, DOGAL, DOGAN, DOGMA, DOLIA, DOLMA, DOMAL, DONAH, DONGA, DONNA, DOONA, DOULA, DOUMA, DOWAK, DOWNA, DUCAL, DUKKA, DULIA, DUMKA, DUNAM, DWAAL, DWALM, DWAMY, DWANG, DWAUM, FINAL, FINCA, FLACK, FLAFF, FLAIL, FLAKY, FLAMM, FLAMY, FLANK, FLAVA, FLAWN, FLAWY, FLAXY, FOAMY, FOCAL, FOLIA, FONDA, FUGAL, FULLA, FULWA, FUNDA, GHAZI, GILIA, GINGA, GLADY, GLAIK, GLAMP, GLAND, GLAUM, GLAZY, GLIAL, GLOAM, GNAPI, GNAWN, GOBAN, GOGGA, GOMPA, GONAD, GONIA, GONNA, GOPAK, GOWAN, GUACO, GUANA, GUANO, GUAVA, GUBBA, GULAB, GULAG, GUMMA, GYOZA, HIJAB, HINAU, HOACH, HOAGY, HODAD, HODJA, HOGAN, HOLLA, HONAN, HONDA, HOOHA, HOOKA, HOPAK, HOWAY, HUBBA, HUDNA, HUMAN, HUZZA, HYPHA, IDDAH, IDOLA, IGAPO, ILIAC, ILIAD, ILIAL, IMAGO, IMAGY, IMAUM, INDIA, INGAN, INLAY, INULA, IXNAY, JHALA, JIBBA, JIHAD, JNANA, JOUAL, JUGAL, JULIA, KHADI, KHAKI, KHANA, KHAPH, KHAYA, KHAZI, KHOJA, KHULA, KHYAL, KIACK, KIAKI, KIANG, KIBLA, KIKAY, KINDA, KIPAH, KIPPA, KLANG, KNACK, KOALA, KOBAN, KOGAL, KOKAM, KOPPA, KULAK, KULAN, KWAAI, KYACK, KYANG, LIANA, LIANG, LIGAN, LILAC, LIMAN, LIMAX, LIMBA, LIMMA, LIMPA, LINAC, LINGA, LIWAA, LLAMA, LLANO, LOACH, LOAMY, LOCAL, LOGAN, LOGIA, LOHAN, LONGA, LOOFA, LOUMA, LOWAN, LOYAL, LUACH, LUFFA, MBILA, MBUGA, MIAOU, MIAOW, MIAUL, MIGMA, MIKAN, MIKVA, MILIA, MILPA, MMKAY, MOAKY, MOANA, MOANY, MOCAP, MOCHA, MODAL, MOHUA, MOLAL, MOLLA, MOMMA, MONAD, MONAL, MOOLA, MUGGA, MULAI, MULGA, MULLA, MUNGA, MUNIA, MUNJA, MUVVA, MUZAK, MVULA, MYALL, MYNAH, MYOMA, NDUJA, NGAIO, NGAKA, NGANA, NGAPI, NGOMA, NICAD, NIDAL, NIGGA, NIGUA, NIKAB, NIKAH, NIKAU, NINJA, NIOZA, NIQAB, NIVAL, NIZAM, NODAL, NOGAL, NOMAD, NONAN, NONDA, NONNA, NOPAL, NOUJA, NOVIA, NOWAY, NOXAL, NOYAU, NUBIA, NUCHA, NULLA, NYAFF, NYALA, OBANG, OCCAM, OFFAL, OFLAG, OGHAM, OIDIA, OKAPI, OLIVA, OLLAV, OLONA, OMDAH, OMDDA, OMIAI, OMLAH, ONLAP, ONLAY, OOJAH, OOPAK, OOYAH, OPGAF, OUIJA, OXMAN, OYAMA, PHANG, PHIAL, PHOCA, PHYLA, PHYMA, PIANI, PIANO, PIBAL, PICAL, PIKAU, PILAF, PILAO, PILAU, PILAW, PINAX, PINDA, PINGA, PINNA, PIPAL, PIUMA, PIZZA, PLACK, PLAGA, PLAID, PLAIG, PLAIN, PLANC, PLANH, PLANK, PLAUD, PLAYA, PLAZA, PLICA, POACH, POAKA, POALO, POCAN, PODAL, PODIA, POKAL, POLKA, POMPA, PONGA, POOAY, POOJA, POOKA, POOPA, POPIA, POPPA, POWAN, PUCAN, PUCKA, PUFFA, PUJAH, PUKKA, PULAO, PULKA, PUNGA, PUNKA, PUPAL, PUPPA, PYGAL, PZAZZ, QIBLA, QIPAO, QUACK, QUAFF, QUAIL, QUAKY, QUALM, QUALY, QUANK, QUAWK, QUAYD, QUILA, QUINA, QUOAD, UGALI, UHLAN, ULAMA, ULNAD, ULPAN, UMAMI, UMIAC, UMIAK, UMIAQ, UMMAH, UNAGI, UNBAG, UNBAN, UNCAP, UNCIA, UNDAM, UNGAG, UNICA, UNJAM, UNLAP, UNLAW, UNLAY, UNMAD, UNMAN, UNPAY, UPLAY, UVULA, VIAND, VIFDA, VIGIA, VILLA, VINAL, VINCA, VIOLA, VIVDA, VOBLA, VOCAB, VOCAL, VODKA, VOILA, VOLVA, VULVA, WHACK, WHAMO, WHANG, WHAUP, WHYDA, WICCA, WIGAN, WIGGA, WILGA, WILJA, WINNA, WOADY, WOALD, WOKKA, WOMAN, WONGA, WUNGA, WUXIA, XOANA, XYLAN, YCLAD, YOHAH, YOHAY, YOJAN, YOKAN, YOWZA, YUCCA, YULAN, ZIGAN, ZILLA, ZONAL, ZONDA, ZOPPA, ZUPAN, ZUPPA, ZYGAL

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test ALOIN against the 731 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    731 before → 33 after. This feedback leaves 33 candidates.

    All 33 surviving candidates

    CHINA, CNIDA, DIANA, DINNA, DIVNA, FINCA, GINGA, GNAPI, HINAU, IXNAY, KIANG, KINDA, NGAPI, NICAD, NIGGA, NIGUA, NIKAB, NIKAH, NIKAU, NINJA, NIQAB, NIZAM, PIANI, PINAX, PINDA, PINGA, PINNA, QUINA, UNAGI, UNICA, VIAND, VINCA, WINNA

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 21.468. Information: 4.72 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test NIKAH against the 33 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    33 before → 3 after. This feedback leaves 3 candidates.

    All 3 surviving candidates

    NICAD, NIQAB, NIZAM

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.309. Information: 0.904 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test NICAD against the 3 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    3 before → 2 after. This feedback leaves 2 candidates.

    All 2 surviving candidates

    NIQAB, NIZAM

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.667. Information: 0.918 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Test NIQAB against the 2 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    2 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    NIZAM

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 1.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  6. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    NIZAM

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 6 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 5.

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Hard Mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 731 after. This feedback leaves 731 candidates.

    All 731 surviving candidates

    ABACA, ABACI, ABACK, ABAKA, ABAMP, ABAND, ABAYA, ABJAD, ABJUD, ABLOW, ABMHO, ABOHM, ABOIL, ABOMA, ABOON, ABUNA, ABUZZ, ACCHA, ACCOY, ACHOO, ACIDY, ACING, ACINI, ACMIC, ACOCK, ACOLD, ADAWN, ADDAX, ADDIN, ADDIO, ADHAN, ADHOC, ADLIB, ADMAN, ADMIN, ADMIX, ADOBO, ADOON, ADOWN, ADUKI, ADUNC, AFALD, AFANC, AFFIX, AFFLY, AFION, AFIZZ, AFLAJ, AFLAP, AFLOW, AFOAM, AFOUL, AGAIN, AGAMA, AGAMI, AGAMY, AGGAG, AGIDI, AGILA, AGING, AGLOO, AGLOW, AGOGO, AGONY, AGOOD, AGUNA, AHIGH, AHIND, AHING, AHOLD, AHULL, AIDOI, AIMAG, AIMAK, AINGA, AIOLI, AIYAH, AIYOH, AIYOO, AJIVA, AJUGA, AJUPA, AJWAN, AKING, AKOIA, AKOJA, AKOYA, ALAAP, ALACK, ALALA, ALAMO, ALAND, ALANG, ALAPA, ALBID, ALBUM, ALCID, ALDOL, ALGAL, ALGID, ALGIN, ALGUM, ALIBI, ALICK, ALIGN, ALIYA, ALKIN, ALKYD, ALKYL, ALLAN, ALLAY, ALLIN, ALLOD, ALLOW, ALLOY, ALLYL, ALMAH, ALMUD, ALMUG, ALOHA, ALOIN, ALONG, ALOOF, ALOUD, ALPHA, ALULA, ALUMY, ALWAY, AMAIN, AMBAN, AMICI, AMIDO, AMIGA, AMIGO, AMINO, AMMAN, AMMON, AMNIA, AMNIC, AMNIO, AMONG, AMPLY, AMPUL, AMUCK, ANANA, ANCHO, ANCON, ANDIC, ANGLO, ANIGH, ANIMA, ANIMI, ANION, ANNAL, ANNAN, ANNOY, ANNUL, ANNUM, ANOMY, ANVIL, ANYON, APAID, APAYD, APHID, APIAN, APING, APIOL, APOOP, APPAL, APPAM, APPAY, APPLY, APPUI, APPUY, AUDAD, AUDAX, AUDIO, AULIC, AULOI, AUMIL, AUXIN, AVAIL, AVIAN, AVION, AVOID, AWFUL, AWING, AWKIN, AXIAL, AXING, AXIOM, AXION, AXMAN, AXOID, AYAYA, AYMAG, AZIDO, AZLON, AZOIC, AZUKI, AZYGY, BBALL, BHAJI, BHANG, BHAVA, BHUNA, BIACH, BIALI, BIALY, BIGHA, BILAL, BIMAH, BINAL, BIVIA, BLACK, BLADY, BLAFF, BLAIN, BLANC, BLAND, BLANK, BLAUD, BLAWN, BOBAC, BOBAK, BOCCA, BOGAN, BONZA, BOOAI, BOOAY, BOXLA, BOYAU, BOYLA, BUBAL, BUBBA, BUFFA, BUGAN, BULLA, BUNIA, BUNYA, BWANA, BWAZI, BYLAW, BYWAY, CHAAP, CHACK, CHACO, CHADO, CHAFF, CHAIN, CHALK, CHAMP, CHANA, CHANG, CHANK, CHAVA, CHAWK, CHAWL, CHAYA, CHIAO, CHIBA, CHICA, CHINA, CHIVA, CHOLA, CHUFA, CILIA, CLACH, CLACK, CLAIM, CLAMP, CLANG, CLANK, CLAVI, CLOAK, CLOAM, CNIDA, COACH, COADY, COALA, COALY, COBIA, COBZA, COCOA, COHAB, COLZA, COMAL, COMMA, CONGA, CONIA, COPAL, COPAY, COPHA, COWAL, COWAN, COXAL, COYAU, CUDDA, CULPA, CUPPA, CYANO, CYCAD, DHABA, DIANA, DIAZO, DINNA, DIVAN, DIVNA, DIWAN, DOBLA, DOGAL, DOGAN, DOGMA, DOLIA, DOLMA, DOMAL, DONAH, DONGA, DONNA, DOONA, DOULA, DOUMA, DOWAK, DOWNA, DUCAL, DUKKA, DULIA, DUMKA, DUNAM, DWAAL, DWALM, DWAMY, DWANG, DWAUM, FINAL, FINCA, FLACK, FLAFF, FLAIL, FLAKY, FLAMM, FLAMY, FLANK, FLAVA, FLAWN, FLAWY, FLAXY, FOAMY, FOCAL, FOLIA, FONDA, FUGAL, FULLA, FULWA, FUNDA, GHAZI, GILIA, GINGA, GLADY, GLAIK, GLAMP, GLAND, GLAUM, GLAZY, GLIAL, GLOAM, GNAPI, GNAWN, GOBAN, GOGGA, GOMPA, GONAD, GONIA, GONNA, GOPAK, GOWAN, GUACO, GUANA, GUANO, GUAVA, GUBBA, GULAB, GULAG, GUMMA, GYOZA, HIJAB, HINAU, HOACH, HOAGY, HODAD, HODJA, HOGAN, HOLLA, HONAN, HONDA, HOOHA, HOOKA, HOPAK, HOWAY, HUBBA, HUDNA, HUMAN, HUZZA, HYPHA, IDDAH, IDOLA, IGAPO, ILIAC, ILIAD, ILIAL, IMAGO, IMAGY, IMAUM, INDIA, INGAN, INLAY, INULA, IXNAY, JHALA, JIBBA, JIHAD, JNANA, JOUAL, JUGAL, JULIA, KHADI, KHAKI, KHANA, KHAPH, KHAYA, KHAZI, KHOJA, KHULA, KHYAL, KIACK, KIAKI, KIANG, KIBLA, KIKAY, KINDA, KIPAH, KIPPA, KLANG, KNACK, KOALA, KOBAN, KOGAL, KOKAM, KOPPA, KULAK, KULAN, KWAAI, KYACK, KYANG, LIANA, LIANG, LIGAN, LILAC, LIMAN, LIMAX, LIMBA, LIMMA, LIMPA, LINAC, LINGA, LIWAA, LLAMA, LLANO, LOACH, LOAMY, LOCAL, LOGAN, LOGIA, LOHAN, LONGA, LOOFA, LOUMA, LOWAN, LOYAL, LUACH, LUFFA, MBILA, MBUGA, MIAOU, MIAOW, MIAUL, MIGMA, MIKAN, MIKVA, MILIA, MILPA, MMKAY, MOAKY, MOANA, MOANY, MOCAP, MOCHA, MODAL, MOHUA, MOLAL, MOLLA, MOMMA, MONAD, MONAL, MOOLA, MUGGA, MULAI, MULGA, MULLA, MUNGA, MUNIA, MUNJA, MUVVA, MUZAK, MVULA, MYALL, MYNAH, MYOMA, NDUJA, NGAIO, NGAKA, NGANA, NGAPI, NGOMA, NICAD, NIDAL, NIGGA, NIGUA, NIKAB, NIKAH, NIKAU, NINJA, NIOZA, NIQAB, NIVAL, NIZAM, NODAL, NOGAL, NOMAD, NONAN, NONDA, NONNA, NOPAL, NOUJA, NOVIA, NOWAY, NOXAL, NOYAU, NUBIA, NUCHA, NULLA, NYAFF, NYALA, OBANG, OCCAM, OFFAL, OFLAG, OGHAM, OIDIA, OKAPI, OLIVA, OLLAV, OLONA, OMDAH, OMDDA, OMIAI, OMLAH, ONLAP, ONLAY, OOJAH, OOPAK, OOYAH, OPGAF, OUIJA, OXMAN, OYAMA, PHANG, PHIAL, PHOCA, PHYLA, PHYMA, PIANI, PIANO, PIBAL, PICAL, PIKAU, PILAF, PILAO, PILAU, PILAW, PINAX, PINDA, PINGA, PINNA, PIPAL, PIUMA, PIZZA, PLACK, PLAGA, PLAID, PLAIG, PLAIN, PLANC, PLANH, PLANK, PLAUD, PLAYA, PLAZA, PLICA, POACH, POAKA, POALO, POCAN, PODAL, PODIA, POKAL, POLKA, POMPA, PONGA, POOAY, POOJA, POOKA, POOPA, POPIA, POPPA, POWAN, PUCAN, PUCKA, PUFFA, PUJAH, PUKKA, PULAO, PULKA, PUNGA, PUNKA, PUPAL, PUPPA, PYGAL, PZAZZ, QIBLA, QIPAO, QUACK, QUAFF, QUAIL, QUAKY, QUALM, QUALY, QUANK, QUAWK, QUAYD, QUILA, QUINA, QUOAD, UGALI, UHLAN, ULAMA, ULNAD, ULPAN, UMAMI, UMIAC, UMIAK, UMIAQ, UMMAH, UNAGI, UNBAG, UNBAN, UNCAP, UNCIA, UNDAM, UNGAG, UNICA, UNJAM, UNLAP, UNLAW, UNLAY, UNMAD, UNMAN, UNPAY, UPLAY, UVULA, VIAND, VIFDA, VIGIA, VILLA, VINAL, VINCA, VIOLA, VIVDA, VOBLA, VOCAB, VOCAL, VODKA, VOILA, VOLVA, VULVA, WHACK, WHAMO, WHANG, WHAUP, WHYDA, WICCA, WIGAN, WIGGA, WILGA, WILJA, WINNA, WOADY, WOALD, WOKKA, WOMAN, WONGA, WUNGA, WUXIA, XOANA, XYLAN, YCLAD, YOHAH, YOHAY, YOJAN, YOKAN, YOWZA, YUCCA, YULAN, ZIGAN, ZILLA, ZONAL, ZONDA, ZOPPA, ZUPAN, ZUPPA, ZYGAL

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test ALOIN against the 731 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    731 before → 33 after. This feedback leaves 33 candidates.

    All 33 surviving candidates

    CHINA, CNIDA, DIANA, DINNA, DIVNA, FINCA, GINGA, GNAPI, HINAU, IXNAY, KIANG, KINDA, NGAPI, NICAD, NIGGA, NIGUA, NIKAB, NIKAH, NIKAU, NINJA, NIQAB, NIZAM, PIANI, PINAX, PINDA, PINGA, PINNA, QUINA, UNAGI, UNICA, VIAND, VINCA, WINNA

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 21.468. Information: 4.72 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test NIKAH against the 33 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    33 before → 3 after. This feedback leaves 3 candidates.

    All 3 surviving candidates

    NICAD, NIQAB, NIZAM

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.309. Information: 0.904 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test NICAD against the 3 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    3 before → 2 after. This feedback leaves 2 candidates.

    All 2 surviving candidates

    NIQAB, NIZAM

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.667. Information: 0.918 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Test NIQAB against the 2 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    2 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    NIZAM

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 1.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  6. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    NIZAM

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 6 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 5.

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How the fixed opener panel performs on this answer

OpenerFirst feedbackSurvivorsNormalHard Mode
TARSE01000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)73166
CRANE00110 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)48544
SLATE00100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)110155
ADIEU10100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)55055
STARE00100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)106155
AUDIO10010 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)49666
RAISE01100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)25855
ROATE00100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)140455
SALET01000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)74944
Normal mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 2 · 5 guesses: 5 · 6 guesses: 2 · Failed in six: 0
Hard Mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 2 · 5 guesses: 5 · 6 guesses: 2 · Failed in six: 0

The nine openers use the same pool and continuation policy. Across both modes: 4–6 guesses among successes; 0 of 18 configurations failed. This is performance on this answer, not an overall opener ranking.

70 openers set up a two-turn opportunity; examples include MAIZE, MIRZA, MINAS, MAZES, MEZZO, NAZIR, ZAMAN, ZINES, NAZAR, MAZAR. After their feedback, this answer is among the most likely survivors with at least half the model probability. This is an opportunity, not a guarantee. An opener that immediately solves is excluded.

Why this answer can be difficult

The worked board still allows 3 different answers at one later decision: NICAD, NIQAB, NIZAM. These are mechanical alternatives, not a judgement of vocabulary difficulty.

Vocabulary evidence and voluntary player results are reported separately from these solver observations.

Closest competing answers in this board

These words all fit the earlier feedback, rather than merely sharing similar spelling: NICAD, NIQAB, NIZAM.

A lesson from this route

Before NICAD, 3 words still fit. Its feedback left 2; check the full survivor list before choosing the next answer.

Try another opener or a different move

How this is calculated

The current policy checks all remaining candidates and up to 128 fixed probes. At six or fewer candidates it uses bounded lookahead, preferring modelled six-turn success, then speed among successes. Larger states use expected survivors as a heuristic. These are recommendations, not proofs of optimal play. Hard Mode retains green positions and revealed letter counts; it allows grey letters and a yellow in the same position. Candidate-only play is stricter.

Methods and limitations

Feedback distribution

NIZAM can come back 64 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

607 answers
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Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1I1Z10A1M3
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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

Try next

SOREL TARSE TRICE CORSE PORTE TALER

Strategy after playing NIZAM

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to NIZAM.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NIZAM:

25% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
SOREL 6.11 bits
17.5% →
TARSE 5.62 bits
8.2% →
TRICE 5.39 bits
7.1% →
CORSE 5.15 bits
4.9% →
TARSE 4.52 bits
4.8% →
PORTE 4.50 bits
4.3% →
TALER 4.69 bits
4.2% →
TORSE 4.41 bits
3.7% →
POREY 4.90 bits
2.7% →
RATEL 4.43 bits

Research on NIZAM

Game-tree analysis and word research for NIZAM, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with NIZAM, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.84 guesses and ranks #12,401 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.95 guesses at best and is rank #5,241 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.82, at or below the proven-optimal 3.84, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
NIZAM sits in the advanced band of the wordfreq scale, appearing less than once per million words in the source corpus. Corpus frequency does not measure every reader’s familiarity.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0).