5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NURTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 NURTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NURTS 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,935 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__T_ N in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MAILE LAIDE SPALE PALET ARIEL ALOSE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NURTS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,935 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NURTS ranks #2,935 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
976
4 guesses
1,112
5 guesses
189
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:
NRSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
21%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

372
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136
84
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58
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NURTS:

16% chance
Suggested:
MAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
8% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
MAILE 6.07 bits
12.3% →
LAIDE 5.34 bits
8.1% →
LAIDE 5.44 bits
7.0% →
SPALE 5.67 bits
5.8% →
PALET 5.14 bits
3.6% →
ARIEL 4.73 bits
3.4% →
ALOSE 4.66 bits
3.1% →
DAINE 4.74 bits
2.7% →
HAOLE 4.65 bits
2.5% →
MAILE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1U1R1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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