5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NUTSO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnʌ.t͡soʊ//ˈnʌt.soʊ/

Adjective

Crazy, insane.

Adjective

Fraught or out of control.

Noun

A crazy person; a crackpot or lunatic.

Noun

Craziness; insanity.

Alternative forms: nutzo

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 NUTSO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NUTSO 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,785 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___O N in the 1st position and O in the 5th position N__S_ N in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CARLE TREAT LAIDE PARLE ARIEL
Words starting with N Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NUTSO 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,785 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NUTSO ranks #2,785 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
17
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
2 vowels
Common:
NOSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
22%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

482
220
171
169
128
92
82
80
63
55
55
54
43
40
34
30
29
26
26
24
24
23
22
22
19
19
18
17
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NUTSO:

20% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
TREAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
9.3% →
CARLE 5.28 bits
7.3% →
TREAT 5.54 bits
7.2% →
LAIDE 5.37 bits
5.4% →
PARLE 5.52 bits
3.9% →
ARIEL 4.55 bits
3.5% →
MARLE 4.39 bits
3.4% →
STALE 4.66 bits
2.7% →
PHARE 4.78 bits
2.3% →
PORAE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1U1T1S1O1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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