5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NARCS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of narc

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of narc

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 NARCS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NARCS 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 86.7% of games, misses completely in 13.3%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #470 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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__C_ N in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STILE ALATE TRADE STALE BLITE
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NARCS 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#470 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NARCS ranks #470 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
1,067
4 guesses
1,057
5 guesses
159
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
27%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

313
215
179
150
146
108
80
79
60
58
57
54
53
53
47
44
40
37
35
27
26
25
24
24
21
21
19
19
18
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NARCS:

13% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.3% →
TOILE 6.07 bits
9.1% →
TOILE 5.26 bits
7.6% →
STILE 5.51 bits
6.4% →
ALATE 5.47 bits
6.2% →
TOILE 5.36 bits
4.6% →
TRADE 4.85 bits
3.4% →
STALE 5.00 bits
3.4% →
BLITE 4.56 bits
2.5% →
ALINE 4.84 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1R1C3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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