5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NUGAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 NUGAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NUGAE 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,623 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__A_ N in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SLART DETER STIRE CRUST CRONY
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NUGAE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,623 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NUGAE ranks #5,623 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
15
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
3 vowels
Common:
AENU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
34%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

297
287
275
122
108
92
87
82
81
81
75
63
53
43
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28
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NUGAE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART
12% chance
Suggested:
DETER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
SLOTH 5.62 bits
12.2% →
SLART 5.26 bits
11.7% →
DETER 5.38 bits
5.2% →
STIRE 4.47 bits
4.6% →
SLART 4.66 bits
3.9% →
SLART 4.68 bits
3.7% →
CRUST 5.13 bits
3.5% →
CRONY 4.73 bits
3.4% →
SURLY 3.89 bits
3.4% →
CAIRN 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1U1G2A1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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