5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NABKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of nabk

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 NABKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NABKS 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 251 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,711 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__K_ N in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT STIRE RIONE TRICE STALE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
251 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NABKS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#7,711 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NABKS ranks #7,711 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
20%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

599
265
242
202
147
113
81
80
64
50
44
34
30
25
24
24
23
21
20
17
16
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12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NABKS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
TOILE 6.05 bits
11.2% →
ALERT 5.62 bits
10.3% →
STIRE 5.49 bits
8.6% →
RIONE 5.26 bits
6.2% →
TRICE 4.69 bits
4.8% →
STALE 4.84 bits
3.4% →
TOILE 5.17 bits
3.4% →
ALONE 4.75 bits
2.7% →
TRINE 4.52 bits
2.1% →
TRICE 3.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1B3K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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