5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NAPAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of napa

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 NAPAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NAPAS 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 73.4% of games, misses completely in 26.6%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,290 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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 GOIER ROUET DROLE CLOTE PROLE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAPAS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,290 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAPAS ranks #8,290 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
798
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
11
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

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

628
232
225
201
143
99
88
77
65
64
63
50
35
26
23
22
22
21
20
20
19
19
17
13
11
9
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAPAS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
GOIER
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.6% →
TOILE 6.04 bits
9.8% →
GOIER 5.42 bits
9.5% →
ROUET 5.51 bits
8.5% →
DROLE 5.33 bits
6.1% →
CLOTE 4.71 bits
4.2% →
PROLE 5.04 bits
3.7% →
THALE 4.65 bits
3.3% →
TRICE 4.51 bits
2.8% →
GRICE 4.56 bits
2.7% →
STILE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1P3A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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