5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NUKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /njuːks/

Noun

plural of nuke

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of nuke

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 NUKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NUKES 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,136 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___S N in the 1st position and S in the 5th position N__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL TRADE SOLAR SLART CAIRN GEARE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NUKES 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,136 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NUKES ranks #9,136 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
24%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
335
175
174
163
126
87
81
70
45
45
45
41
39
37
37
32
27
24
21
20
19
19
17
16
14
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NUKES:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
7% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
TRAIL 5.97 bits
14.2% →
TRADE 5.55 bits
7.4% →
SOLAR 4.00 bits
7.4% →
SLART 5.25 bits
6.9% →
CAIRN 5.17 bits
5.3% →
SLART 5.07 bits
3.7% →
GEARE 4.51 bits
3.4% →
CLARY 4.10 bits
3.0% →
CLOUT 4.97 bits
1.9% →
COALY 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1U1K5E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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