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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NABIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of nabi

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 NABIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NABIS 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,620 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__I_ N in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROULE TRACE PORTE TRIDE COURE THALE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NABIS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,620 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NABIS ranks #4,620 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
14
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
24%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

405
238
189
186
136
124
118
83
78
69
64
51
45
45
41
35
30
24
23
21
20
20
19
16
15
14
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NABIS:

17% chance
Suggested:
ROULE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
ROULE 5.88 bits
10.1% →
TRACE 5.56 bits
8.0% →
PORTE 5.52 bits
7.9% →
TRIDE 5.26 bits
5.8% →
PORTE 4.68 bits
5.3% →
COURE 5.05 bits
5.0% →
THALE 4.75 bits
3.5% →
TONEY 4.51 bits
3.3% →
STILE 4.49 bits
2.9% →
GLARE 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1B3I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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