5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NAGES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 NAGES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NAGES 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 87.3% of games, misses completely in 12.7%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,786 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position NA_ES N in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD TRICE TRAIL SPILT OLDER DEALT
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAGES 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,786 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAGES ranks #3,786 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
13
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:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
29%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

299
200
169
151
141
134
105
102
87
77
58
52
45
40
40
39
36
35
32
32
32
29
24
23
22
21
18
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAGES:

13% chance
Suggested:
COULD
8% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.7% →
COULD 5.64 bits
8.5% →
TRICE 5.46 bits
7.2% →
TRAIL 5.29 bits
6.4% →
SPILT 5.02 bits
6.0% →
OLDER 4.18 bits
5.7% →
DEALT 4.93 bits
4.5% →
COUNT 5.05 bits
4.3% →
TARDY 4.16 bits
3.7% →
PORTE 4.82 bits
3.3% →
SHALT 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1G2E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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