5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NAGAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of naga

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 NAGAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NAGAS 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 268 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,667 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__A_ N in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position NA_AS N in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STIRE DROLE TRICE THALE ROULE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
268 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAGAS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,667 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAGAS ranks #9,667 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
755
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
15
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:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
24%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

640
278
205
203
141
102
83
80
63
54
48
45
43
30
26
23
20
20
19
18
17
16
15
13
10
9
9
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAGAS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
TOILE 6.03 bits
11.8% →
STIRE 5.45 bits
8.7% →
DROLE 5.34 bits
8.6% →
TOILE 5.24 bits
6.0% →
TRICE 4.77 bits
4.3% →
THALE 4.55 bits
3.5% →
ROULE 5.26 bits
3.4% →
CRUET 4.52 bits
2.7% →
TRINE 4.51 bits
2.3% →
TRINE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1G2A1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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