5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NAIDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of naid

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 NAIDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NAIDS 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,934 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__D_ N in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROUET ALERT PORTE CLOTE LITHE THALE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAIDS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,934 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAIDS ranks #2,934 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
17
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)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

384
230
190
144
121
118
112
76
76
64
59
51
46
43
42
42
41
40
34
31
27
23
20
19
19
16
14
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAIDS:

16% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
10% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
ROUET 5.92 bits
9.8% →
ALERT 5.53 bits
8.1% →
PORTE 5.54 bits
6.1% →
CLOTE 4.71 bits
5.1% →
LITHE 5.00 bits
5.0% →
THALE 4.80 bits
4.7% →
COREY 5.08 bits
3.2% →
DROLE 5.04 bits
3.2% →
TRUCE 5.03 bits
2.7% →
GLARE 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1I1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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