Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

NYUZE

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

No dictionary definition for NYUZE is recorded in our sourced data.

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

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 NYUZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NYUZE 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 247 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #13,077 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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First-turn measures

All four describe NYUZE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.94 Entropy (bits)
247 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How NYUZE 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.75% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#13,077 Rank among openers
Opening with NYUZE left 6 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.85 average. It ranks #13,077 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
653
4 guesses
1,329
5 guesses
304
6 guesses
28
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

NYUZE can come back 54 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

505 answers
379 answers
262 answers
187 answers
186 answers
112 answers
107 answers
72 answers
68 answers
58 answers
51 answers
44 answers
40 answers
39 answers
34 answers
33 answers
31 answers
11 answers
10 answers
10 answers
10 answers
10 answers
10 answers
9 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers
7 answers
7 answers
7 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1Y4U1Z10E1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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

Strategy after playing NYUZE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to NYUZE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NYUZE:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
16% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3%
TRAIL 6.11 bits
16.0%
SOLAR 5.22 bits
11.0%
SLART 5.29 bits
7.9%
SOLAR 4.98 bits
7.8%
TRAIN 5.29 bits
4.7%
ALIEN 4.55 bits
4.5%
STAIR 4.88 bits
3.0%
SHART 4.65 bits
2.9%
DEARE 4.39 bits
2.4%
SAINT 4.19 bits

Research on NYUZE

Game-tree analysis and word research for NYUZE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with NYUZE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.86 guesses and ranks #12,892 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with NYUZE can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.85, at or below the proven-optimal 3.86, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it NYZOO. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.