5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NABOB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈneɪbɑb//ˈneɪbɒb/

Noun

Someone of great wealth or importance.

Noun

A person with a grandiose style or manner.

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 NABOB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NABOB 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,718 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___B N in the 1st position and B in the 5th position N__O_ N in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__B A in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER STARE TORSE SUITE STILE SLANE
Words starting with N Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.85 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NABOB 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,718 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NABOB ranks #12,718 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
686
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
322
6 guesses
23
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
21%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

591
355
304
187
179
93
89
60
58
50
49
35
25
23
19
19
18
17
17
14
13
11
11
10
9
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NABOB:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
15% chance
Suggested:
STARE
13% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
SLIER 6.07 bits
15.1% →
STARE 5.58 bits
12.9% →
TORSE 5.35 bits
7.9% →
SUITE 5.25 bits
7.6% →
STILE 4.68 bits
3.9% →
SLANE 4.52 bits
3.8% →
TRIDE 4.61 bits
2.5% →
MORAL 4.37 bits
2.5% →
SLIER 4.84 bits
2.1% →
TRIDE 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1B3O1B3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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