5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

NARES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: [ˈnɛə.ɹiz][ˈneɹiːz][ˈnæɹiːz]

Noun

plural of naris

Noun

plural of nare

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 NARES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NARES 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 90.3% of games, misses completely in 9.7%, and leaves about 78 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,366 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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

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MOULT TOILE SPILT TONIC ATOLL DROIT
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.53 Entropy (bits)
78 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NARES 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,366 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NARES ranks #1,366 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
981
4 guesses
1,098
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AENRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
32%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

228
141
117
100
97
96
95
91
76
72
72
69
63
58
54
49
43
43
37
36
35
35
30
28
25
25
25
24
24
23

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NARES:

10% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
6% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
5% chance
Suggested:
SPILT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.7% →
MOULT 5.44 bits
6.0% →
TOILE 5.41 bits
5.0% →
SPILT 5.09 bits
4.2% →
TONIC 4.94 bits
4.1% →
TOILE 3.50 bits
4.1% →
ATOLL 5.00 bits
4.0% →
DROIT 4.79 bits
3.9% →
DEALT 4.91 bits
3.2% →
TRICE 4.43 bits
3.1% →
CRAFT 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1R1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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