5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NUNNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 72.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of ninny.

Noun

Ellipsis of nunny bag.

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 NUNNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NUNNY 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 50.7% of games, misses completely in 49.3%, and leaves about 640 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,715 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.02 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___Y N in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position N__N_ N in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SALET TORSE ARIEL STIRE GRATE
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.90 Entropy (bits)
640 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
72.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NUNNY 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.

4.02 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,715 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NUNNY ranks #14,715 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
500
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
493
6 guesses
48
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

3/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
51%
Green tile
33%
All gray
49%

Feedback distribution

44 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1162
245
189
161
108
107
78
52
41
34
28
21
20
15
13
8
8
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6
4
4
4
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4
3
3
3
3
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2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NUNNY:

49% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

49.3% →
TIARE 6.20 bits
10.4% →
SALET 4.88 bits
8.0% →
TORSE 5.38 bits
6.8% →
ARIEL 5.41 bits
4.6% →
STIRE 4.83 bits
4.5% →
GRATE 4.82 bits
3.3% →
CADIE 4.85 bits
2.2% →
SMILE 2.96 bits
1.7% →
SLART 3.58 bits
1.4% →
LAYER 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1U1N1N1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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