5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NYALA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnjɑːlə/

Noun

A southern African antelope, Tragelaphus angasii (syn. Nyala angasii), with thin white stripes in the grey or brown coat, a ridge of tufted hair running all along the spine, and long horns with a spiral twist.

Alternative forms: inyala

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 NYALA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NYALA 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 74.2% of games, misses completely in 25.8%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,263 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___A N in the 1st position and A in the 5th position N__L_ N in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _Y__A Y in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE CATER BIOSE DORSE TRUCE CARET
Words starting with N Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NYALA 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,263 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NYALA ranks #10,263 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
28
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

608
239
196
186
147
138
101
74
66
58
51
40
40
39
36
24
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NYALA:

26% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
CATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.8% →
TOISE 6.19 bits
10.1% →
TOISE 5.59 bits
8.3% →
CATER 5.44 bits
7.9% →
BIOSE 5.09 bits
6.2% →
DORSE 4.77 bits
5.9% →
TRUCE 5.15 bits
4.3% →
CARET 4.64 bits
3.1% →
GOIER 4.37 bits
2.8% →
TORSE 4.30 bits
2.5% →
SHUTE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1Y4A1L1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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