5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NUTSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

crazy

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 NUTSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NUTSY 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 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,663 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___Y N in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position N__S_ N in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TREAT DROLE PARLE RAILE CROME
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NUTSY 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,663 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NUTSY ranks #3,663 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
912
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
32%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

552
223
200
148
144
93
81
77
61
55
53
47
41
36
35
34
34
30
28
26
26
19
19
17
16
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NUTSY:

23% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
TREAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.4% →
ARIEL 6.09 bits
9.5% →
ARIEL 5.63 bits
8.5% →
TREAT 5.56 bits
6.3% →
DROLE 5.12 bits
6.1% →
PARLE 5.56 bits
3.9% →
RAILE 4.69 bits
3.4% →
CROME 5.06 bits
3.3% →
PHARE 4.92 bits
2.6% →
CARLE 4.59 bits
2.3% →
RAILE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1U1T1S1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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