5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NAPOO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To finish; to put an end to; to kill.

“He will napoo the rations.”

Interjection

There is no more.

Adjective

Finished, dead, no more, gone; non-existent.

Adjective

Dead.

Alternative forms: narpoo

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 NAPOO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NAPOO 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,323 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___O N in the 1st position and O in the 5th position N__O_ N in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER STARE CRUSE STILE SLICE STIRE
Words starting with N Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAPOO 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,323 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAPOO ranks #10,323 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
277
6 guesses
23
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
3 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
23%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

543
342
237
182
173
107
88
83
64
52
48
37
26
25
24
21
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAPOO:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
15% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
SLIER 6.02 bits
14.5% →
STARE 5.57 bits
10.1% →
CRUSE 5.25 bits
7.7% →
STILE 5.17 bits
7.3% →
STILE 4.79 bits
4.5% →
SLICE 5.47 bits
3.7% →
STIRE 4.48 bits
3.5% →
TRINE 4.49 bits
2.7% →
MORAL 4.32 bits
2.2% →
REAST 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1P3O1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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