5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NARAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the Kalahari Desert, or the melon-like fruit that it produces.

Alternative forms: nara, 'naras, narra

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 NARAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NARAS 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,797 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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 STILE CLOTE BLITE TRACE THALE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NARAS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,797 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NARAS ranks #6,797 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
16
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:
ANRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

418
268
203
186
125
98
97
82
67
62
60
60
52
46
46
43
35
33
31
24
23
21
18
16
16
15
15
14
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NARAS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
TOILE 6.10 bits
11.4% →
TOILE 5.19 bits
8.6% →
STILE 5.48 bits
7.9% →
TOILE 5.37 bits
5.3% →
CLOTE 5.27 bits
4.2% →
BLITE 4.72 bits
4.1% →
TRACE 4.65 bits
3.5% →
THALE 4.68 bits
2.8% →
CLOTE 4.42 bits
2.6% →
TRIDE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1R1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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