5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NURLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of nurl

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of nurl

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 NURLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NURLS 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,603 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__L_ N in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CADET COATE SPATE CANOE IRADE STOAE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NURLS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,603 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NURLS ranks #3,603 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
20
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
1 vowels
Common:
LNRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
23%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

312
294
193
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174
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79
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71
62
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NURLS:

13% chance
Suggested:
CADET
12% chance
Suggested:
COATE
8% chance
Suggested:
COATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
CADET 5.46 bits
12.5% →
COATE 5.95 bits
8.2% →
COATE 5.46 bits
7.7% →
SPATE 5.64 bits
7.4% →
CANOE 5.24 bits
3.4% →
IRADE 4.68 bits
3.4% →
STOAE 4.79 bits
3.2% →
COATE 4.83 bits
3.0% →
CADIE 4.66 bits
2.6% →
BLAER 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1U1R1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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