5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NUQUE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /njuːk/

Noun

The nape of the neck.

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 NUQUE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NUQUE 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 375 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,616 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.98 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__U_ N in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST ALTER SLART LAIRY ALIEN SADLY
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.36 Entropy (bits)
375 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NUQUE 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.

3.98 Avg guesses
99.6% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,616 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NUQUE ranks #14,616 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
529
4 guesses
1,307
5 guesses
441
6 guesses
43
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
3 vowels
Common:
ENU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
29%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

42 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

713
452
276
232
123
99
75
59
55
41
37
23
22
17
13
13
13
12
11
9
7
7
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NUQUE:

30% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
19% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
ROAST 5.98 bits
19.2% →
ALTER 5.26 bits
11.7% →
SLART 5.26 bits
9.8% →
LAIRY 4.99 bits
5.2% →
ALIEN 4.43 bits
4.2% →
SADLY 3.94 bits
3.2% →
SHART 4.70 bits
2.5% →
SAINT 4.17 bits
2.3% →
ROAST 3.91 bits
1.7% →
COAST 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1U1Q10U1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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