5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NONYL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₉H₁₉, formally derived from nonane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.

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 NONYL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NONYL 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 71.2% of games, misses completely in 28.8%, and leaves about 288 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,555 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___L N in the 1st position and L in the 5th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SLATE SATER TIARE CRUET REAST
Words starting with N Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
288 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NONYL 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,555 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NONYL ranks #10,555 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
754
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
24
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:
LNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
24%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

680
245
205
187
184
118
97
75
65
53
51
46
42
27
26
20
19
18
17
16
16
14
13
12
12
10
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NONYL:

29% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.8% →
TARSE 6.41 bits
10.4% →
SLATE 5.56 bits
8.7% →
SATER 5.35 bits
7.9% →
TARSE 5.15 bits
7.8% →
TIARE 5.43 bits
5.0% →
CRUET 4.87 bits
4.1% →
REAST 4.74 bits
3.2% →
SALLE 4.58 bits
2.8% →
SWARE 4.53 bits
2.2% →
CASTE 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1N1Y4L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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