5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NAMES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /neɪmz/

Noun

plural of name

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of name

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 NAMES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NAMES 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 87.9% of games, misses completely in 12.1%, and leaves about 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,376 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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

COURT TOILE TRAIL HOIST OLDER TRADE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAMES 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,376 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAMES ranks #4,376 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
193
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:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
29%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

285
212
153
139
137
136
129
90
83
65
65
61
50
49
40
39
37
37
34
29
26
25
25
24
23
23
21
20
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAMES:

12% chance
Suggested:
COURT
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.1% →
COURT 5.71 bits
9.0% →
TOILE 5.17 bits
6.5% →
TRAIL 5.27 bits
5.9% →
HOIST 5.13 bits
5.8% →
OLDER 4.14 bits
5.8% →
TRADE 4.90 bits
5.5% →
IRONY 4.88 bits
3.8% →
PARTY 4.27 bits
3.5% →
PORTE 4.72 bits
2.8% →
SHALT 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1M3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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