5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NYONG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.9% 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 NYONG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NYONG 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 61.6% of games, misses completely in 38.4%, and leaves about 427 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,349 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__N_ N in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _Y__G Y in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE CATER SALET RAISE SLART RAILE
Words starting with N Words ending with G

First-turn measures

3.54 Entropy (bits)
427 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NYONG 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,349 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NYONG ranks #12,349 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
696
4 guesses
1,312
5 guesses
284
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
1 vowels
Common:
NO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
20%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

906
231
227
158
156
113
78
60
51
34
30
26
25
24
23
17
16
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14
13
13
9
9
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6
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6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NYONG:

38% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
CATER
10% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.4% →
SLATE 6.34 bits
9.8% →
CATER 5.46 bits
9.6% →
SALET 5.13 bits
6.7% →
RAISE 5.24 bits
6.6% →
SLART 4.90 bits
4.8% →
RAILE 5.38 bits
3.3% →
TARSE 4.76 bits
2.5% →
CATER 4.59 bits
2.2% →
TALER 3.92 bits
1.4% →
ROUET 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1Y4O1N1G2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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