5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NULLA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of nullah (“stream-bed, ravine”).

Noun

Alternative form of nulla-nulla (“Australian war club”).

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 NULLA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NULLA 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,505 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___A N in the 1st position and A in the 5th position N__L_ N in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE POIRE SIREE REACT GRISE
Words starting with N Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NULLA 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
0.70 Volatility
#10,505 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NULLA ranks #10,505 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
786
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
277
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
21%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

548
403
205
127
126
125
110
104
58
37
36
36
35
35
30
28
27
27
20
20
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NULLA:

23% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
POIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
TORSE 6.22 bits
17.1% →
TARSE 5.66 bits
8.7% →
POIRE 5.32 bits
5.4% →
SIREE 4.87 bits
5.3% →
REACT 4.89 bits
5.3% →
GRISE 4.55 bits
4.7% →
TORSE 5.45 bits
4.4% →
MORSE 4.54 bits
2.5% →
STIRE 4.47 bits
1.6% →
SHIRE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1U1L1L1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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