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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NAATS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of naat

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 NAATS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NAATS 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,507 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___S N in the 1st position and S in the 5th position N__T_ N in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE RIONE ROULE ROUET MARLE DRICE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAATS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,507 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAATS ranks #7,507 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
21
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:
ANST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
33%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

526
202
186
171
128
111
97
88
58
56
54
49
47
46
41
37
30
30
29
26
24
22
20
18
18
16
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAATS:

22% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROULE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
DROLE 6.07 bits
8.6% →
RIONE 5.29 bits
7.9% →
ROULE 5.25 bits
7.3% →
ROUET 5.49 bits
5.4% →
DROLE 5.25 bits
4.7% →
MARLE 4.44 bits
4.1% →
DRICE 4.99 bits
3.7% →
ROUET 4.58 bits
2.5% →
SHULE 4.27 bits
2.4% →
POREY 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1A1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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