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Five-letter words starting with N and ending in Y (N___Y)

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Showing 57 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

57 matching words4 not previously used8 past answers

Position 2O 23%A 21%E 19%I 19%

Position 3N 14%B 11%T 11%R 9%

Position 4T 16%L 12%B 11%D 11%

12 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, NOSEY produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Top-ranked next guess NOSEY

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, I, O, U·3rd letter: B, E, F, I, N, R, S, T, W·4th letter: D, E, L, N, S, T, V

Possible answers

NANNY NASTY NEEDY NERDY NERVY NEWLY NIFTY NINNY NOBLY NOISY NOSEY NUTTY

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

NANNY used NASTY used NEEDY used NERDY used NERVY used NEWLY used NIFTY possible NINNY possible NOBLY used NOISY used NOSEY possible NUTTY possible NANCY guess NELLY guess NICKY guess NABBY guess NAGGY guess NAILY guess NANTY guess NAPPY guess NARKY guess NATTY guess NAVVY guess NAZZY guess NEBBY guess NEDDY guess NESTY guess NETTY guess NEVVY guess NEWSY guess NIBBY guess NICEY guess NIFFY guess NIMBY guess NIPPY guess NIRLY guess NITRY guess NITTY guess NOBBY guess NODDY guess NOGGY guess NOILY guess NONCY guess NONNY guess NOOKY guess NOUNY guess NOWAY guess NOWTY guess NUBBY guess NUDDY guess NUDGY guess NULLY guess NUMMY guess NUNKY guess NUNNY guess NURDY guess NUTSY guess

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21% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: NAILY of the 57 words here

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Useful letters still to test

I 25% A 23% E 23% O 23% T 19% U 19%

Words with five different letters

40% of the matches have no repeated letters.

NASTY NERDY NERVY NEWLY NIFTY

Common letter pairs

NO 13/57 words (23%) NA 12/57 words (21%) NE 11/57 words (19%) NI 11/57 words (19%) NU 10/57 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 84% · two: 16% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match N___Y?: 57 five-letter words match N___Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, NAILY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.02 bits against the possible answers.

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