5 FiveLetterWords

Rare five-letter words

Words that appear less than once per ten million words of English — many too rare for the corpus to measure at all.

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All 9,025 words, below Zipf 2

Each word links to its full page. The Zipf figure is the word's corpus frequency turned into a plain rate; definitions are selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0), and long entries may be shortened. A “past Wordle answer” line means the word appears in this site's recorded answer history; its solver-pressure figure ranks that recorded puzzle against all other recorded puzzles for a reference solver, so 70/100 reads “harder than 70% of them.” CEFR chips (A1–B2) estimate when English learners typically meet a word.

  1. NEAPS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of neap — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  2. NEBEK below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Paliurus spina-christi, a deciduous shrub or small tree native to the Mediterranean region and southwest and central Asia. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  3. NECHE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A town in North Dakota. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  4. NEEBS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of neeb — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  5. NEEFS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  6. NEEMB below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Archaic form of neem (“kind of tree”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  7. NEEMS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of neem — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  8. NEEZE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To sneeze. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  9. NEFIE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  10. NEIFS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of neif — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  11. NEIVE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  12. NEMAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  13. NEMIC below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Of or relating to nematodes. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  14. NEMNS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  15. NEMPT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  16. NENES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nene. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  17. NENTA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  18. NEOSA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  19. NEOZA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A pine nut. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  20. NEPER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A non-SI unit of the attenuation (or sometimes gain) of field and power quantities such as electronic signals; the natural logarithm of a ratio, with 1 Np (a ratio of 2.718:1) being equivalent to… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  21. NEPIT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  22. NERAM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  23. NERKS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nerk — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  24. NEROL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The monoterpene alcohol (Z)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol, found in many essential oils. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  25. NERTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Crazy; nuts. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  26. NERTZ below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    nuts. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  27. NESKI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The cursive hand generally used in writing Arabic. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  28. NETES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  29. NETOP below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Friend. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  30. NETTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nett — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  31. NEUKS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of neuk — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  32. NEUME below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Any of a set of signs used in early musical notation. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  33. NEUMS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of neum — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  34. NEVVY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A nephew. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  35. NEWED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of new — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  36. NEWIE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Something newly released, such as a song or film. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  37. NEXAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Relating to a nexus. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  38. NEXIN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A protein that constitutes a link between microtubules in cilia and flagella. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  39. NEXUM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A contract in early Ancient Rome in which the debtor pledged his own person as collateral should he default on his loan (thus risking becoming a slave to the creditor). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  40. NGAKA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A traditional Sotho witch doctor. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  41. NGANA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Obsolete spelling of nagana. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  42. NGAPI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A pungent Burmese condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp paste. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  43. NGEGE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The fish Oreochromis esculentus. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  44. NGWEE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A currency of Zambia, one hundredth of a kwacha. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  45. NIBBY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Full of nibs. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  46. NICED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of nice — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  47. NIDED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  48. NIDES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nide — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  49. NIDOR below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The smell of burning animals, especially of burning animal fat. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  50. NIEFS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nief — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  51. NIESS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  52. NIFES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  53. NIFFS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of niff — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  54. NIFFY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Having a bad smell. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  55. NIFLE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A trifle; something small and insignificant. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  56. NIGHS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of nigh — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  57. NIGRE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    In soapmaking, the lower layer of liquid produced by pitching, which contains most of the impurities. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  58. NIGUA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A tropical flea, the chigoe. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  59. NIKAB below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative spelling of niqab. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  60. NIKAU below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A New Zealand palm, Rhopalostylis sapida, with edible pith and leaves used for building and thatching. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  61. NILAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Newly frozen sea ice in the form of a smooth sheet less than ten centimeters (four inches) thick. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  62. NILLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of nill — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  63. NIMBI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nimbus — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  64. NIMBS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nimb — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  65. NIMPS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Easy. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  66. NINTA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  67. NIOPO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A kind of snuff prepared by some indigenous peoples of Venezuela and Colombia, from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree, Anadenanthera peregrina. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  68. NIOZA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  69. NIPAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nipa — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  70. NIPET below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  71. NIRLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    herpes — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  72. NIRLY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  73. NITAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  74. NITID below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Bright; lustrous; shining. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  75. NITRY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    nitrous — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  76. NIXER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A job or income which is in addition to one's normal employment, generally done in the evening or on weekends; originally, work for payment that was not declared for taxation, now any work that is… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  77. NJIRL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  78. NMOLI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  79. NMOLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nmol — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  80. NODED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Having or divided into nodes. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  81. NODUM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  82. NOEME below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    An irreducible unit of meaning; the semantic component of a glosseme. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  83. NOGGY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative spelling of noggie. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  84. NOIAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  85. NOILS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of noil — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  86. NOILY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Characteristic of noil — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  87. NOINT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Obsolete form of anoint. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  88. NOLLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of noll — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  89. NOLOS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  90. NOMOI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nomos — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  91. NONAN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  92. NONAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  93. NONCY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Resembling or characteristic of a nonce, or sex offender. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  94. NONDA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Parinari nonda, a shrub or small tree of northern Australia and New Guinea, with edible plum-like fruit. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  95. NONDO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A coarse umbelliferous North American plant in the genus Ligusticum, with a large aromatic root. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  96. NONGS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nong — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  97. NONIC below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Describing a polynomial that has 9 as the highest exponent of its terms. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  98. NONYL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₉H₁₉, formally derived from nonane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  99. NOOIS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  100. NOOPS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  101. NOOVE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  102. NOSHI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A form of ceremonial origami, consisting of white paper folded with a strip of dried abalone or meat, and expressing good wishes or good fortune. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  103. NOSIR below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  104. NOTAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  105. NOUGS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  106. NOUJA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  107. NOULD below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Would not. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  108. NOULE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  109. NOULS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  110. NOUNY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Having the characteristics of a noun. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  111. NOUPS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  112. NOUST below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A trench or other hollow area, sometimes with walls, where a boat can be hauled up and left ashore. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  113. NOWDS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nowd — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  114. NOWED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Knotted; tied in a knot. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  115. NOWLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  116. NOWTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nowt — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  117. NOWTY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  118. NOXAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Relating to wrongful injury. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  119. NOXAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  120. NOXES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  121. NOYAU below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  122. NOYED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of noy — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  123. NRTTA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  124. NRTYA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  125. NSIMA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of nshima. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  126. NUCHA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The spinal cord. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  127. NUCIN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    juglone — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  128. NUDDY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Only used in in the nuddy (“naked”) — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  129. NUDER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    comparative form of nude: more nude — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  130. NUDGY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    of, or related to a nudge — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  131. NUDZH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A whiner; a complainer. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  132. NUFFS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  133. NUGAE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  134. NUJOL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  135. NULLY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  136. NUMPS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A fool; a blockhead. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  137. NUNKS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  138. NUNKY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Synonym of unky. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  139. NUNNY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of ninny. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  140. NUNUS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nunu — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  141. NUQUE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The nape of the neck. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  142. NURDS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nurd — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  143. NURDY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative spelling of nerdy. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  144. NURLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nurl — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  145. NURRS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of nurr — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  146. NURTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  147. NURTZ below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  148. NUSED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  149. NUSES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  150. NYAFF below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A small or contemptible person — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  151. NYAMS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of nyam — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  152. NYING below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  153. NYUNG below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  154. NYUSE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  155. NYUZE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  156. OAFOS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  157. OAKER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Obsolete form of ochre. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  158. OARER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  159. OASAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Oasitic. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  160. OASTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of oast — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  161. OATER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A movie or television show about cowboy or frontier life; a western movie. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  162. OAVES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of oaf — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  163. OBANG below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    An old Japanese gold coin. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  164. OBBOS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of obbo — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  165. OBELI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of obelus — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  166. OBIAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  167. OBIED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  168. OBOLE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    An obsolete French coin. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  169. OCHES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of oche — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  170. OCHRY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of ochery. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  171. OCOTE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Any of various pine trees of Latin America. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  172. OCREA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  173. OCTAD below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A group of eight things. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  174. OCTAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of octa — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  175. OCTIC below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Of the eighth degree or order. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  176. OCTLI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Pulque. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  177. ODAHS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of odah — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  178. ODALS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of odal — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  179. ODISM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The supposed science of the force or natural power called od. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  180. ODIST below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A writer of an ode or odes. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  181. ODOOM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of odum (“the tree Milicia excelsa”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  182. ODUMS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of odum — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  183. ODYLE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Synonym of od (“a hypothetical force or natural power, now proved not to exist, which was supposed by Carl Reichenbach and others to inhere in certain people and produce phenomena such as animal… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  184. ODYLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  185. OFAYS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of ofay — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  186. OFURO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of furo (“Japanese bath”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  187. OGAMS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of ogam — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  188. OGEED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Having an ogee. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  189. OGEES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of ogee — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  190. OGGIN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative spelling of ogin. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  191. OGLER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    One who ogles. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  192. OGMIC below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Written in, or relating to, Ogham. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  193. OHELO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A small red or yellow berry growing on the shrub Vaccinium reticulatum of volcanic parts of the Hawaiian islands of Hawaii and Maui, or the shrub itself. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  194. OHIAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of ohia — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  195. OHING below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    present participle and gerund of oh — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  196. OHONE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  197. OICKS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  198. OIDIA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of oidium — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  199. OILET below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  200. OINTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of oint — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How these scores are measured

Frequency scores come from the wordfreq project (data CC BY-SA 4.0), which averages word rates across books, subtitles, news and web text. A Zipf score is the base-10 logarithm of a word's uses per billion words, so each whole point is a tenfold change in frequency: Zipf 4 is ten uses per million words, Zipf 3 is one. The four bands split the site's accepted-guess list of 14,855 five-letter words at Zipf 4, 3 and 2 — round thresholds chosen from the observed distribution, not judgments about individual words.

A score of 0.0 is a marker, not a measurement: wordfreq's corpus never saw the word often enough to score it, which is true of 5,062 words in this band. Those entries say “below the measurement floor” and sort after every measured word.

“Past Wordle answer” claims come only from this site's recorded answer history, and the working answer pool never predicts what the NYT will choose. Solver-pressure figures are percentiles among recorded puzzles for a reference solver — a claim about those puzzles, not about players. Learner levels: The CEFR-J Wordlist Version 1.5. Compiled by Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Retrieved from http://www.cefr-j.org/download.html on 1/20/2020.