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NAIVE

Yes, NAIVE was the Wordle answer on December 11, 2022 (Wordle #540).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /naɪˈiːv//nɑːˈiːv//naɪˈiv/

Adjective

Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.

Adjective

Not having been exposed to something.

Noun

A naive person; a greenhorn.

Alternative forms: naïve, naiive

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 11, 2022 (#540).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How NAIVE performs as a guess

NAIVE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,487 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__V_ N in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SURLY SETER SLART MIDST ROUSE SATYR
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAIVE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,487 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAIVE ranks #7,487 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
786
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
18
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
38%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
N A I V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NAIVE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

318
235
208
117
113
110
106
96
84
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60
55
45
43
43
42
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36
28
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAIVE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SURLY
10% chance
Suggested:
SETER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SURLY 5.58 bits
10.0% →
SETER 5.50 bits
8.8% →
SLART 5.43 bits
5.0% →
MIDST 4.64 bits
4.8% →
ROUSE 4.62 bits
4.7% →
SLART 4.84 bits
4.5% →
SATYR 4.02 bits
4.1% →
FRONT 4.60 bits
3.6% →
SLART 4.63 bits
3.4% →
SLART 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1I1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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